Re: The Phoenix has landed!

On Mon, 26 May 2008 10:45:50 -0400, Robert J. Kolker wrote:

Vernon Balbert wrote:

Just because you call taxation theft doesn't make it so.

Lets see about that. If you don't pay your taxes, husky young men
carrying arms will take you to court and then to jail. Your property
will be siezed by force. Now tell me what moral (as opposed to legal)
obligation we have to fund exporation of Mars. By what principle do we
-owe- money to fund such a thing. I can see requiring people to pay for
the police and the courts which are there to protect their rights. I can
even see extracting money to combat contagious diseases. But stealing
money to build rocket ships? Come on! Be reasonable.

Good grief! Learn some economics, especially the bits about "public
goods." Exploring Mars is a public good. If you don't agree with that,
tough. You're still part of the public which *does* agree with it. If
you want to stop paying taxes for such public goods, go join a different
public.

--
Mark Isaak eciton (at) earthlink (dot) net
"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are
being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
exposing the country to danger." -- Hermann Goering


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: The economy and the Democrats
    ... players with piss poor money management skills. ... the top 10 % who pay 80% of the taxes will ... tax liability or file no tax return. ... the middle class cannot pay anymore taxes. ...
    (rec.gambling.poker)
  • Re: The economy and the Democrats
    ... players with piss poor money management skills. ... the top 10 % who pay 80% of the taxes will ... tax liability or file no tax return. ...
    (rec.gambling.poker)
  • Re: Having fun with Congestion Charge fines!
    ... so he will often spend money to have a laugh at the ... If and when it does finally come to a court situation, ... will be that he DID already pay the fine. ... They greedily banked the cheque thereby accepting his money. ...
    (uk.legal)
  • Re: A little political humor...
    ... >>> amount of money they currently pay into the private system into a more ... >> paying that kind of Income tax just to have health care. ... > Sweden has one of the worlds highest income taxes, ... you've totaled all the taxes you Swedes have to pay? ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
  • Re: (OT) Debate
    ... All Americans have health care available; ... Diluting the money the people who choose to pay for health care pay to ... anyone cutting taxes to 100 million households. ...
    (rec.sport.golf)