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From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Re: gunpoint
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Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 10:45:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  4 10:45:44 1984
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Look, I'm sick of hearing knee-jerk libertarians refer to everything that 
the government does as 'extortion'.  If you are responsible, and pay for
what the government does for you, it's not extortion or theft, it's just
paying for what you use. For people who feel as though their political
beliefs entitle them to a free ride (by not paying taxes), threat of force
is necessary. Sure, it's 'tacky', but it's pretty tacky to use roads and
public facilities that OTHER PEOPLE pay for, and take advantage of the
military protection and police protection that they have no right to,
while all the time whining that they don't want to pay for it. If you
don't want to pay taxes, go and live in the mountains and declare yourself
open to anybody who wants to come and kill you (you didn't want to pay for
police...).  Just don't take advantage of MY responsible views towards
paying my fair share.

	Wayne