What taxes are for
April 1st, 2008 Elliot
Someone left the following comment on a post at the Wisconsin blog Right from the Right
“we have a fundamental disagreement on the use of taxes.”
Which made me realize:
- The Left thinks taxes are for funding entitlements and redistributing wealth.
- The Right thinks taxes are for the common defense.
- And Libertarians, like me, think taxes are for the birds.
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Josh&hellip | April 1st, 2008 at 4:44 pm
The original country survived just on tariffs alone. If someone couldn’t buy food to survive they’d move and start a farm – tax free! The good old days.
2. No Runny Eggs » Blo&hellip | April 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 am
[...] be included in her husband’s Other America when it comes to goverment-funded health care. – Elliot answers what taxes are for. – Too bad Asian Badger didn’t win his write-in campaign for the 2nd [...]
3. BobG&hellip | April 2nd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Some appropriate quotes:
“The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets”.
– Will Rogers
“Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing — and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.”
-Will Rogers
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
-Mark Twain
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
-Thomas Jefferson
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