Re: why should it be trusted?

[R. A. Hettinga]

At 11:36 PM -0700 on 10/22/00, Nathan Saper wrote:


> Then what is the purpose of our government?

To confiscate taxes by force, of course. ;-).

So long, Nathan, and thanks for all the red herring... <Plonk!>

Cheers,
RAH
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