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[Rob <becidawa AT hctc.com>]

At  1/30/2005 11:37 AM, you wrote:

> >
>
> Hold it.  From my comment, you think that I believe in freeloading?  That
> is an interesting assumption.
>
> I will tell you what I believe.  I believe that everyone is responsible for
> themselves and their own.  I believe that taxes are forcible thievery,
> which then allows people to *be* freeloaders.  It is a matter of taking
> from many and giving to few.

I think that in this world we have today if you use anything (should I 
repeat the word "anything"?) that you don't make yourself you are relying 
on something paid for in common. That is paid for by taxes. Roads, 
seaports, airports, rail lines and who knows what else. Was the computer 
you are using right now designed by someone who was educated at a school 
that tax dollars went to? Do you drive a car or walk everywhere? I'll bet 
that someone who worked on designing that car at some point had a meeting 
with tax dollars.
This is not to say that tax dollars are not wasted, that pockets are not 
lined but there is a common benefit that comes out of the tax money.
Taxes are part of life, even a small (a very small) study of history shows 
that. I could go on but I suspect I'm wasting my time.
Enjoy your fantasy.



Rob

becidawa AT hctc.com
Now in western Washington, USA