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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: cosmicforce who wrote (8727)3/15/2001 6:50:56 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Cosmic follow the thread back and read my post again. I'll make it easy here is a link and a quote -

Message 15511346

"I don't know if I could give you a number, a specific percentage that would be unjust. But I think any high level of taxation is unjust. To an extant I think any taxation is unjust, but some level is necessary to prevent anarchy, and other government spending if properly directed in the right areas can produce benefits that it would be hard to duplicate through the private sector. I don't think that government has a special morally privilged status. If it is wrong for me to come to your house and take your money to support what I see as a good cause then it is wrong for the government to do so. However I recognize the practical benefit that a government can give and so I am perhaps willing to overlook a low level of taxation to avoid doing without these benefits. If you could have a stable non-violent anarchy I might be an anarchist, but I don't think you can have such a system actually work, atleast not for a whole country."



Keeping the peace is a basic function of government. So police and (if there is any external threat) a military is necessary. Sewage and roads could theoretically be provided for by the private sector but in practice this is difficult. In any case you can have all of these things and more with a minimal government and low taxes.

Tim
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