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Chris Rybisky Cathedral Hill --- Bob Treumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dennis, you are right that these examples (." water, > sewer," ) were not > invented by government. > We had a perfectly good system when flushing the > night-wastes meant > throwing the contents of > the chamber-pot out the window, and sewage flowed > freely in the > streets. You had to own a well in order > to get drinking water that wouldn't kill you. I > think one of the first > tyrannies of local government had to be providing a > community well for safe > drinking water. Its been downhill ever since for > public welfare. > > Stop Gubmint Kleptocracy! Fight for Freedom! Bring > back Street-Sewage! > > Bob Treumann, Como. > > > > > > > > > At 02:41 PM 5/3/2005, Dennis Tester wrote: > >Because government wouldn't be government if it > weren't constantly looking > >for things to tax and regulate. Notice that none > of the examples you > >mentioned were invented or created by government. > They only butted in so > >they could control its distribution for the > purposes of regulation and > >taxation in in the name of "the people." > > > >Government's view of the economy: "If it moves, > tax it. If it keeps > >moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, > subsidise it." - Ronald Reagan > > ------------------------------------------------- > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- > POST MESSAGES HERE: stpaul@mnforum.org > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your > password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: stpaul@mnforum.org To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
