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Originally posted by sgtclub
If you go back to the article, the Williams is not arguing for zero taxes. Many of the items you cite (military hardware, roads, etc.) I would bet he would say are proper uses for taxes. What he is arguing against redistribution (i.e., taking from one and giving to another) of wealth because he believes it is legalized stealing.
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OK, I went back to the article. The best argument I think you could muster for Williams' grudging support of taking a dollar from his cold, dead hands to build a road or raise an army is that he doesn't call those things out in particular for his wrath.
All else in his article speaks with the fervor of the converted, and I see his reasoning and his rhetoric creating precious little daylight for any justification for government's "theft."
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I've head this argument made many times before. Frankly, I'd rather have the money go to more police to protect me from these folks than give in to blackmail.
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I do remember those arguments. I still think you'd be happiest in your secured mountain villa.
Personally, I think you should try out
this one. It's remote, so you're relatively insulated from the proletariat, and the best part is that the tastefully placed surrounding foliage obscures the guardhouse and helipad!
