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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (36458)5/3/2014 5:33:59 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 42652
 
Societies don't tax, governments tax. In any case your post is largely irrelevant to the conversation.



To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (36458)5/5/2014 10:58:05 AM
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Sure, historically taxes were imposed not for the good of society, but for the good of the rulers. Did the ancient Egyptians want to build those pyramids to bury their pharaohs in, did the pyramids benefit their society? Did the bread and circuses spent on the population of the city of Rome benefit the provinces where the taxes were raised?


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