"Who cares if the mice nibble the crust, as long as the bread is still there?" Mercedes Lackey, "Storm Breaking"
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:22:30 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Free Market > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 12, 2008, at 4:09 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > > Charlie Bell wrote: > > >> > > >> Oh, I thought it was just what tax is - it's giving up some of your > > >> wealth to pay for roads, schools, infrastructure, basic health needs > > >> and basic support for society. > > >> > > > In theory. In practice, tax is used to finance the tax-collecting > > > nomenklatura and the parasites that infest the congress. > > > > Adjusting for the natural greed and malfeasance of human beings (which > > must always be taken into account, because they've always been a > > factor), taxes are the dues we pay for being part of a society. > > They're the bit that each of us chips in to provide the things that > > none of us could possibly afford in private. > > > > Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > > > > "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
