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To: Keith Fauci who wrote (3290)	3/18/2002 8:28:45 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3536

In principle I am opposed to a global taxation... What am I talking about, I am opposed to ANY form of taxation. So, naturally, reading the article you posted I started getting worried. Yes, I am one of those that is relatively warm to black helicopter conspiracies, as it allows me to be on alert against excessive government influence. Excessive government influence for the likes of me is anything that the government does beyond public security (police), national defense (the military), and [somehow skeptical of the idea] the courts. I say, ban public funds for anything else... In fairness, I must also say that when it comes to certain social issues, I am mostly opposed to quote: "conservative" agendas... so NO, I am not really a Republican (wheu, s c a r y)... [and most definitively I am NOT a Democrat either --I have my own religion--] However, as I thought more about it... I started wondering how on earth would a "world IRS" really be capable of enforcing the unbelievably complicated laws to make this a reality... Not to mention that most people in other countries do not pay their own taxing authorities in the first place, what hope these global morons expect success in extracting funds from the very same people ? What ? they are going to scare them with threats of poverty and hunger for all ? LOL ! they have that already !!! ... and then I smiled... as I envisioned that quickly, the great majority of people, who in other countries cheat their respective taxing authorities by default and with a natural born ability only equal to that of a child sucking milk from his/her mother's breast. Aah I thought... that's a positive, since the influence of the majority would override the sense of [misguided] duty of Americans NOT to cheat the IRS. (Be this by patriotism, sense of duty, or mere fear of the bastards). So... I started thinking that for a change, the rest of the world would give Americans something positive... ...and that would be a quick lesson (but effective), in how to cheat the IRS without fear. [surely a black market copy of the "idiot's guide to how to cheat the IRS without fear" would circulate freely around the halls of that honorable institution... The Internet]. So I envision that as the proud roboton promoters of the Global IRS would attempt to enforce their monstrous bureaucratic Frankenstein, they would quickly find that the influence of the rest of the world over the more honest Americans would overwhelm them, as Americans would slowly but surely increase their effectiveness in cheating the IRS Soon... the Global IRS would fall into chaos, followed by the original IRS who would find itself with less and less funds... A nice thought.... but I doubt that it will ever happen. :(