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Originally posted by bilmore
However, we can disagree on how much of our own resources we wish to pay for the common weal - we can disagree about building a new Lawrence Welk museum, or paying megabucks for rapid transit of limited use - without being stoopid. What you consider a valid use of my money may not make me nearly as happy as it does you. You might wish to see a $1000-per-person tax just to cover, say, medical research. I might want to see that same amount spent on research on kayak design. The consensus - or, more accurately, the average amount seen as appropriate by all voters - is where we end up, and that amount crawls back and forth across the continuum as political leanings sway.
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I agree with you entirley, Bilmore. That is the beauty of a democratic system of government. However, to argue that all taxation is socialism and is morally wrong, as Williams did, is not the same thing as debating the proper amount of the tax burden or how it should be spent.
Can we agree on that?
