Well I did hear him say he wanted to get rid of all taxes but you can have a government without having taxes.--- In [email protected], "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Harry Browne NEVER said he wanted to get rid of government entirely. > That is absolutely false. He said he wanted to REDUCE government to > only what was specifically enumerated in the U.S. Constitution. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Thomas L. Knapp" > <thomaslknapp@> wrote: > > > > Quoth terry: > > > > > I have a lot of respect for Harry but he is wrong taxes are not > > > necessary if you got enought honest rational people in the country to > > > fund the government through donnations > > > > Stop and hold. Harry didn't say that taxes are "necessary." He wanted > > to get rid of them (and of government) entirely, and he said so > > repeatedly. > > > > However, after 1994 he was doing a particular thing in a particular > > context: He was > > > > 1. Running for president; > > > > 2. In a particular society, with a particular system. > > > > That system doesn't allow for itself to just be crumpled up and thrown > > in the trash. Only a violent revolution could likely accomplish any > > such thing, and Harry Browne wasn't fomenting violent revolution - - > > even his pre-1994 anarchism was of the individualist/personalist type > > that emphasized escaping, rather than smashing, authoritarian systems. > > > > What Browne hoped to accomplish _in electoral politics_ was to > > _reduce_ the size of government to its constitutional parameters, and > > to force that reduction by eliminating the income tax (actually, he > > was forced to go that far -- in _Why Government Doesn't Work_ and > > throughout the early part of his 1996 campaign, he touted a low- rate > > flat income tax proposal, until LP "purists" tantrumed him into going > > further). > > > > He never advertised his reduction proposals, including but not limited > > to the continuation of a low, uniform tariff rate, as a libertarian > > end state. He very specifically pointed to them as prerequisites to an > > environment in which a libertarian end-state could become plausible > > and people could decide whether they wanted to preserve some shred of > > government or take it all the way. > > > > Tom Knapp > > >
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