Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/23/84; site ucbcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!faustus From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: freedom, democracy, etc:Reply to cliff Message-ID: <87@ucbcad.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 20:27:36 EST Article-I.D.: ucbcad.87 Posted: Thu Jan 31 20:27:36 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Feb-85 14:13:06 EST References: <630@wucs.UUCP> <452@whuxl.UUCP> <612@unmvax.UUCP> <457@whuxl.UUCP> <4495@ucbvax.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: UC Berkeley CAD Group, Berkeley, CA Lines: 15 > >But I cannot agree with arguments that there is no justification for taxation > >or other such group fees as union dues. > > Ahh, how subtly it slips by. Almost escapes one's notice. Taxation is a > "group fee"? Sure am glad to know I can cancel my membership at any time, > and can seek redress in the courts if I get screwed. > > This is a perverted use of the phrase "group fee", and shows your > reluctance to acknowledge the coercive nature of taxation. > > --Barry You CAN cancel your membership at any time. It's called "emigration". Wayne