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To: average joe who wrote (79247)	9/8/2011 12:52:33 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217927

Jefferson.. "To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. " Some will always be unhappy if not in the majority.. what is the answer ? Jefferson offers naught but the Gordian knot... :O) Chesterton.. "Government has become ungovernable; that is, it cannot leave off governing. Law has become lawless; that is, it cannot see where laws should stop. The chief feature of our time is the meekness of the mob and the madness of the government." and whose fault is that :O) Ayn Rand "When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed." Large democracy does not work...

To: average joe who wrote (79247)	9/8/2011 12:58:22 AM
From: THE ANT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217927

I would set a percentage of GDP,say 10-15% maximum to provide most services of government other than social security and health and have it funded by the wealthiest 10%.I would then do away with SS taxes and put a value added tax or national sales tax to cover SS and Medicare/Medicade.They would never be privitized.All Americans would pay VAT.We would then allow the people to set the level of benefits and VAT tax.If they want people to retire at 62 all pay more.If they want to continue to give their loved ones intensive rehabilitation 2wks prior to death they would pay more.If they want alcoholics,personality disorders and most of Puerto Rico to be on SS disability then all would pay more.Services would remain under the government so that voters would set the ultimate tax and services received.When money for health became limited a lot of waste would go