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From: mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Re: More on justice
Message-ID: <659@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 02:13:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 18 02:13:55 1985
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Reply-To: mwm@ucbtopaz.UUCP (Mike Meyer)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Berkeley CA USA
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Keywords: taxation, theft
Summary: 

["Taxation has two forms: Random pillage and organized extortion."]
[>> = me, > = faustus@ucbcad.UUCP]
>> Now, if you think that the government has the right to tax you, are you
>> going to argue with it's right to spend the money as the duly elected
>> officials decree? Such things as the SDI, more missiles, enforced
>> discrimination, 100% retirement pay for some federal employees, etc?
>
>I will say that it is right to spend the money as the duly elected
>officials decree. I will also say it is right to elect officials who
>are going to spend the money however you want them to. You elected those
>officials who are buying missles, so why are you complaining about them?
>
>	Wayne

Wait a minute! I 1) didn't complain, and 2) didn't elect (most of) those
officials. I complain about the organized extortion that the government is
running, and vote for people who should reduce the amount of the tax and
the number of victimless crimes & post facto laws.  Since the public is
sold on all of the above, very few of the people I vote for get elected.