There is usually a lot of bashing of taxes on this list but no one is able to suggest a viable alternative.
It is silly to argue that government is NOT a necessary to evil because we need some services to be public. Let's take roads for example. If it is not done through the government, usually, people will not build roads because everybody will be waiting for someone else to build it. And once some people do get together to build a road, they will try to limit access to that road to only people that paid for its construction. This would causes hundreds of toll booths to go up, and encourage construction of inefficient detours. Contrary to what has been said, road construction would not be more efficient in the "free-market" because of the lack of Central planning among other things. Lastly, Taxation is not theft for a few reasons. If you're living in a democracy, then you have the ability to change the current rules. The fact is that the majority of people (through their elected officials) decided that taxes were necessary. The majority of people continue to recognize the need for taxes because of the lack of popular support to change the system. Next, no one is forcing people to live in the US, Europe, or any other country. These countries are like one large deed restricted community, if you don't like the regulations, you can choose to live somewhere else. The value of public services that I have received exceeds the amount that I have paid in taxes. I know I'm about to get a swarm of emails saying "You are F***ing wrong" but oh-well. Khurram Khan --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
