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To: RMF who wrote (526427)	12/16/2012 3:20:34 AM
From: Maurice Winn	9 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794490

Not much more and it will be slavery. <Taxes are slavery...really? > The comparison with slavery was to help you understand how one can be against something, but derive one's living from it. Surely it wasn't that hard to understand. How much freedom should one lose before it does in fact reasonably be called slavery? When 60% of one's income is taken against one's will, it starts to look pretty close to slavery. Even slaves were allowed to eat a significant proportion of the value they created. They even had shelter provided. Complaining about slavery and government is perfectly reasonable even if one does, as a slave or serf, receive some goods and services from the masters. Mqurice