I Think he has said he is not a protective traiffs but I don't understand from a libertarian stand point why he thinks any tax is necessary to fund government. As far as I can tell he has never posted in detail why he thinks donations would not be enough to fund government.--- In [email protected], "Cory Nott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I understand it, Paul's argument is that people who bring foreign turnips > into the country are harming you, as a domestic turnip grower, and therefore > tariffs are not an initiation of force. One has to assume, from his > argument, that force has been somehow initiated > already against domestic turnip growers *and* buyers in the domestic market, > but I can't for the life of me figure out how that is, nor has Paul ever > been able to logically and effectively explain it. > > He does admit that tariffs aren't perfect, so maybe he figures that a small > bit of theft is ok since we've got to support a government somehow, and the > 3% tariff is the least harmless method of doing so. Unfortunately, theft is > immoral and it doesn't matter if it's just the tiniest it of theft, it's > not, as Leonard Read put it, a compromise of principles, it's a complete > abandonment of principle. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of terry12622000 > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Immigration > > > I can voluntarly avoid eating 2 turnips from my garden instead of 1 > but I perfer to have 2 and noone has a right to tell me I can't eat > two on my own property, or selling the turnips on my property to > someone else, either way it is coresive to charge me a tax, it is > clearly intation of force and I have a right to defend myself if > someone trys to collect by use of force, unless they can show all 12 > members of a jury why I owe the tax but I have a right to an appeal > if the jury decesion goes against > me. > Paul it is called due process, Someone can't just claim I owe a tax > unless you can prove before a jury of 12 of my peers why I owe the > debt and how much I owe. If anyone try to enforce me to pay without > proving their case before a jury I have a right to defend myself.- -- > In [email protected], "Paul" <ptireland@> wrote: > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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