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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
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Subject: Re: Air bears, fighting tickets... etc..
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Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 21:48:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 24 21:48:00 1985
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>/* edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall) /  1:54 pm  Apr 21, 1985 */

>> 
>> Nonsense!  Taxes are at the level they are because legislators are unwilling
>> to raise them for political reasons.  You're paying the amount of taxes
>> you do because that's all the parasites have managed to squeeze out of you
>> so far.
>> 
>> 						Michael Sykora

>I never cease to wonder at Libertarian cynicism.  Do you really feel that
>your elected officials have *no* other motive than to acquire money to
>spend at their whim (within the bounds of political reality, of course)?
>And that the government never does anything useful?  Or that increasing
>demands on its services somehow has no effect on its need for revenue?
>
>		-Ed Hall
>		decvax!randvax!edhall

What exactly do you mean by cynicism?

First of all, what I stated does not necessarily imply anything about the
motivations of politicians.  Nonetheless, they are parasites because
they are living off people against these people's wills, and I'm sure
everyone feels the "squeeze."  The politicians may truly believe that
they are doing it for our own good, but that doen't change these
facts.

Furthermore, there are probably two types of people drawn to politics.
Those who want to help others and those who desire power over others.
The former group are less likely to take positions for politically
expedient reasons.  Therefore, the latter group succeeds more often --
because they are doing their job better.  This is what so many democrats fail
to understand.

If this is what you mean by cynicism, then I am proud to be known
as a cynic.  I see no reason to place my faith in anyone in the absence
of evidence that they are trustworthy.  It is hard to imagine a 
group that has given more evidence that they should not be trusted
than politicians.


						Michael Sykora