At 12:46 PM Friday 9/12/2008, William T Goodall wrote: >On 12 Sep 2008, at 18:22, John Garcia wrote: > > > 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. > >> > >There's insurance for health, tolls for roads, fees for schools... Why >do we need inefficient monopolies imposed on us by armed thugs?
'Cuz it beats leaving the armed thugs free to do anything they want to the rest of us? . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
