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Subject: Re: Why taxation *is* coercive
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 00:27:11 EST
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> By what right can a government force a person from her home if taxes are
> not paid?  Does the government own the land upon which she lives?  Does
> the government own her house?  Does the government have a right to say
> whether or not this person can stay in a house that she owns, paid for with 
> her salary, that she earned from selling her labor, eitc?  Or is something
   {etc....}


Why is this person who doesn't pay taxes assumed to be female?  Are women
the only people who might refuse to pay taxes?  Maybe women are the only ones
that the government is thought to pick on.

J. Giles