Of course I believe what I say because it's the truth, it's logical, and most of all it's 100% libertarian.
--- In [email protected], "M.A. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul > I say that no INCOME tax is fair and neither is any tax on one of our > rights. But this does not include tariffs because we DO NOT have the > right to bring foreign goods across national borders. > > MJ > This is absurd. > > What you are claiming is that if a GANG declares their property to > be contained within some set of imaginary lines, they may violate > the rights of those individuals within those imaginary lines because > you want to pretend otherwise. > > It matters not that 50%+1 choose this policy. It remains that those > individuals PREVENTED from exchanging their life with others is > having their rights violated. > > Legitimate Government serves to PROTECT individual rights. You > continue in your desire to suggest that the Government serves to > protect the interests of 50%+1; Mob Rule. > > One can use this same illogic to suggest that *any* tax is not a > violation ... of course it would be equally absurd. > > Equally nonsensical ... a Gang (Union) proclaim one must use THEIR > people in THIS area defined by these imaginary lines ... 50%+1 of the > appropriate Government proclaim this to be Law. Anyone wishing to > contract with Fred's People within the above defined boundaries would > not have their right violated. > > You do not really believe this stuff you assert ... do you? > > Regard$, > --MJ > > Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its > extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But > rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will > within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do > not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but > the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an > individual. --Thomas Jefferson to Isaac H. Tiffany, 1819. > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
