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To: TimF who wrote (90885)	10/20/2008 4:53:13 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541731

OK, so we all know that taxation without representation is a form of tyranny. Yeah, but is it UNFAIR? <g> At that point, the majority of Americans not paying taxes would elect leaders who decide how much the minority must fork over to the government — to be redistributed to the majority through government programs and services. As you know, that's long been one of my gripes about universal single-payer health care. I had done a rough calculation of what the ratio might look like if we did health care and paid for it out of income tax. I came up with a number upwards of 80%, as I recall, who wouldn't be paying income tax. That's all but guaranteed to trigger an attack on the golden-egg laying goose.

To: TimF who wrote (90885)	10/20/2008 8:39:46 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541731

>>At that point, the majority of Americans not paying taxes would elect leaders who decide how much the minority must fork over to the government — to be redistributed to the majority through government programs and services.<< Tim - I see the point Cliff May is trying to make there, but there's no reason to assume that everyone below a specific income point will always vote as a block. In fact, there's plenty of evidence to demonstrate that it would not be so. There's enough to be afraid of in the present without conjuring up ghosts of the future. - Allen