Re: A challenge for you conservarsfcks

In article <1122922667.055601.274450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
alicamdun@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > Taxation is not theft when you are a full participant in the government
> > that taxes you and a full beneficiary of what government provides. You
> > are both. You're also a lunatic.
>
> This becomes an issue of semantics.
>
> Either way, your comment:
>
> '"Theft implies the lack of representation of the "other
> Americans" mentioned. Do you really think those people
> aren't represented?'
>
> Is nonsensical. A person can represent people, and still
> steal from them.

Maybe, but that's not what's happening. The "theft" you're implying was
instituted by your representatives and mine, at our acquiescence.

--
Trev

"Every Democratic Senator is to the right of Kerry..including
Kucinich." - C. Beauchamp
.

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