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To: freemike

taxes are not the same as theft.

Even Jesus acknowledged the civil authorities had the right to tax the population in his “render unto Caesar” discourse.

You can make arguments about policies, but saying that taxation is theft is erroneous. The Government has the right to garnish part of your money for the public good-—it is the price of citizenship and it pays to keep order and protect the public.


21 posted on 03/15/2009 8:36:00 AM PDT by ChurtleDawg (voting only encourages them)
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To: ChurtleDawg

I am not saying all taxes are theft. But,, they can be.
Some taxes are needed and good. But does that mean that no tax is evil??? At some point the bank gets broken!


23 posted on 03/15/2009 12:44:20 PM PDT by freemike (Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? --Jean-Baptiste Say)
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