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From: Chris Bellomy on 25 Dec 2009 00:32 assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/24/09 11:31 PM: > On 23-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: > >>> I'm happy to pay taxes for some things, like the police and the >>> military but not for others, like Social Security, Medicare, public >>> schools (K-12 and colleges) and hundreds of other things the >>> government have no business being involved in. >> Hey, I love peace and have to pay for war. That's just >> how the deal works. > > What is peace? The mere abscence of war? Merry Christmas, Bill. cb
From: assimilate on 25 Dec 2009 00:43 merry xmas to you and Marge too -- bill-o
From: Carbon on 25 Dec 2009 00:52 On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:31:23 +0000, assimilate wrote: > On 23-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: >> >>> I'm happy to pay taxes for some things, like the police and the >>> military but not for others, like Social Security, Medicare, public >>> schools (K-12 and colleges) and hundreds of other things the >>> government have no business being involved in. >> >> Hey, I love peace and have to pay for war. That's just how the deal >> works. > > What is peace? The mere abscence of war? It's a decent start.
From: assimilate on 25 Dec 2009 01:38 On 24-Dec-2009, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > > What is peace? The mere abscence of war? > > It's a decent start. Even if you are ensalved, or carted off to a gas chamber, because you didn't put up a fight? -- bill-o
From: assimilate on 25 Dec 2009 01:40
On 24-Dec-2009, Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote: > >> You misread me. "Truly confiscatory taxation" and "reaches > >> too far down in brackets" are two separate ideas. The first > >> would involve a rate above, oh, 70% IMO. The second would > >> involve income below, oh, probably $1 million/year or so. > >> > >> In light of that, do you want to rephrase your question? > > > > so it is ok to confiscate from rich bastigages? is that the crux of it? > > I don't care how rich they are. I just care what they do, > same as anyone else. answer the question, is it ok to confiscate from those that "make more in a year than most in a lifetime?" -- bill-o |