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To: biblewonk

Are you really serious?

How about the redistribution of income and wealth for starters? Taking from one to give to another at point of a gun, if necessary, if the threat of imprisonment isn't enough to get you to comply, sounds pretty immoral to me.

Government can only do what has been delegated to it. We cannot delegate powers that aren't lawfully ours. If it's illegal for me or you to do it, it's out of the proper bounds of government to do.

Is that immoral enough?


1,147 posted on 06/13/2005 10:57:35 PM PDT by Badray
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To: Badray; newgeezer
How about the redistribution of income and wealth for starters? Taking from one to give to another at point of a gun, if necessary, if the threat of imprisonment isn't enough to get you to comply, sounds pretty immoral to me.

I know newgeezer well enough to know he was just looking for a debate on a Friday. The bible says the government will tax you and once they have their tax money, it's theirs. Jesus even implied that it was theirs before they taxed you. The bible also says that God establishes governments as His ministers for your good. There is nothing in the world immoral about their taxing you and redistributing the wealth.

Government can only do what has been delegated to it. We cannot delegate powers that aren't lawfully ours. If it's illegal for me or you to do it, it's out of the proper bounds of government to do.

This is a myth propegated by armchair constitutionwonks. God gives governments their authority. The constitution is a nice set of guidelines subject to the interpretation of lawyers.

Is that immoral enough?

Not remotely.

1,155 posted on 06/14/2005 4:50:46 AM PDT by biblewonk (Yes I think I am a bible worshipper.)
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