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To: TimF who wrote (6614)	12/12/2005 2:21:21 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (4) of 542201

It's equally true that taking goods and services without fair payment is theft. By paying taxes to avoid the penalties of extortion, you are also upholding a basic principle of commerce. The only difference being that you can't choose your government goods and services a la carte and shop among competing providers. But many if not most services they provide aren't practical to provide on that basis. We all go through life constantly surrounded by services and protections provided by government-financed agencies - the safety of your food, water and utilities, the legal integrity of your finances and commercial transactions, physical protection from police and medical services and a zillion other things. How would you propose paying for all those services you consume if not through taxes? I would appreciate a practical solution that can be implemented for 300 million citizens at once. ;<)

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