On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:42 PM, David Hobby<hob...@newpaltz.edu> wrote: > John Williams wrote: >> >> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:23 PM, David Hobby<hob...@newpaltz.edu> wrote: >>> >>> here's a new thread, as per your request. >>> >>> I don't really see why a new thread is justified, >>> since this seems to get at something you've said >>> repeatedly in the old thread. You claim that >>> spending taxes on health care is "taking your >>> money from you by force", or somesuch. Why make >>> such an inflammatory claim, when that is what >>> ALL taxes do? >> >> That is not a way to frame a discussion that makes me want to >> participate. I'm not being coy -- I just don't see that we will make >> any progress in understanding each other's views when you start a >> discussion that way. > > John-- > > At the moment, it's not clear to me that you HAVE any > coherent views on the legitimacy of taxation. If you > do, feel free to outline them. > > It seems that whenever I press you for details on > this kind of thing, you get vague. Can you do better > than "taxation is O.K. as long as government is small"?
Getting worse. Care to try again? _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
