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Subject: Re: Taxation, coercion, reply back to Tim
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> I agree!  If you reread my original posting, you'll find that it says
> nothing about abolishing government.  Hope you didn't want to debate that
> point, because I'll concede it outright.
> 
> The point of my letter, which I thought I made clear, was simply that taxation 
> is coercive.  That seemed to me to be a productive starting point for
> further discussion.  I hope further postings prove me right.

I'm glad you don't advocate the abolition of government.  What do you
propose as a non-coercive mechanism to support the activities of the
government?  Or do you admit that taxation, coercive or not, is the
best or only way to support government?

J. Giles