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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (430)	2/2/2005 11:26:40 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Short answer, Yes. Interesting. Personally, I think your assertion that lower taxes = more freedom is incorrect, and here is why: I live in the Principality of Monaco, where there is no income tax and no capital gains tax. We don't vote for anything and basically whatever the Prince wants goes around here. He can kick you out if he doesn't like your behaviour (drugs, drunk driving accidents, etc) and you have no rights against it. A couple of years ago, new-money Russians started flocking into Monaco (read: gangsters, drug money, etc). One day, they were all told to pack up and leave. ALL of them. Was there maybe a "normal" family among them? Probably. They did not have the right to contest their eviction. Do you think we are "more free" than you, living in a democracy, with well-defined rights and equality for all? I would be interested to hear your argument. [Don't get me wrong - I love being here. It's safe, clean, wealthy, organized, and has perfect weather and warm blooded Mediterranean people. And I pay no taxes whatsoever. Still, I would hesitate to say it shines on freedom points.] If you have zero taxes you have no government, and thus anarchy That is demonstrably incorrect. There are tax havens with zero personal tax (ex: Monaco) which also have governments. Monegasque government is the most efficient government I have ever seen, by the way.