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From: lmaher@uokvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: "Majority" rule
Message-ID: <5000109@uokvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 01:49:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 19 01:49:00 1984
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Nf-From: uokvax!lmaher    Oct 19 00:49:00 1984

/***** uokvax:net.politics / ucbcad!faustus /  7:30 pm  Oct 16, 1984 */

Now, if you deny the government's power to collect taxes from you, you
are denying the importance of this function of government. If a government
cannot tax the people to carry out its functions, it loses all of its
power. Before you can justify not paying taxes, you should try to first 
argue that we could get along without any form of government, and I don't
think you will have much success.

	Wayne
/* ---------- */

In that case, Wayne, however did the U.S. Government survive in
the 130 years or so *before* it had a personal income tax!?!

So there's no need to argue that government is unnecessary before
you can argue that income tax is unnecessary - we *know* you can
have government without income tax.

Arguing that tax collection is a function of government sounds
pretty odd to me - taking your money is a function of a robber,
but I've never seen that used as an argument that robbers are
good things.  

	Carl
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