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To: CSM
"Well, then these same private property businesses shouldn't expect public benefit of police, fire, street, or sewer." I could buy into that. So long as they became exempt from paying taxes. Kinda circular logic, huh.

Not really. If you make police to be paid by only by a certain group of citizens, you make service offered by police a club good rather than a public good. Public goods can be enjoyed by all members of the economy (by definition).

209 posted on 08/12/2005 6:37:12 AM PDT by ExitPurgamentum
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To: ExitPurgamentum

Not in the other poster's proposal. The proposal was that the business should NOT have the benefits of the police, fire, street or sewer. If the proposal is that they should NOT receive these services, then they should not be expected to fund these services.

Unless of course we are a socialistic society. Oh wait....


228 posted on 08/12/2005 7:20:56 AM PDT by CSM ( If the government has taken your money, it has fulfilled its Social Security promises. (dufekin))
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