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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

They are called the "best and the brightest" regularly on news coverage, 
especially when being mentioned as part of BO's team. "The smartest people on 
the planet work for Goldman Sachs" , I heard recently. I think Goldman Sachs 
is going to have their own wing in the white house.

The state can t*x your property, if they please.  I understand your point .  
I'm simply saying that no one is safe from the 'state'.  I am anti-statist, 
as are you.  I fear them; not respect - fear ;  because I believe the state 
is inherently malovelent.  It would be like having black widows or vampire 
bats inside your house.  They do serve a purpose, as does the state.  But 
neither should be that involved with your person or property.

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--- On Fri, 11/28/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Kuntsler , new commentary, super-inflation
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, November 28, 2008, 11:19 AM
> > I hope you are right that people will become riled
> enough to demand changes; but I sure don't know what
> could happen that is much worse than what is now
> happening......................bobford
> 
> They DID demand change. They elected Mr.
> "Change". When he turns out to be more of the same
> ol', we'll see. People in general aren't
> uncomfortable enough yet. When enough people lose their jobs
> or their homes, something might happen. Too many people
> still have too much to lose.
> 
> I don't see how having my property taxed is as much
> being part of the economy as having a stock portfolio or
> 401K or flipping houses for a living...all of those are
> totally dependent on Wall Street and what those "best
> and brightest" do (who calls them that? Their PR
> people?).
> 
> Real estate taxes are decided at the most local level; here
> it's township...my township population is 2,893. Local
> rural politics is VERY personal. Chances are the person
> deciding the tax rate lives next to you, or his kids go to
> school on the same bus as your kids; he  isn't likely to
> raise the tax rate unduly, because his taxes go up too. When
> 'they' (the school board) raised the school tax too
> much, 'they' were removed from office and replaced
> with more reasonable people....at the local level, people DO
> care and act.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA