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Article #1863Re: Property Rights
From: Merlin Dorfman
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 01:25
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 01:25
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In ca.general Robert Sturgeon <rsturge@inreach.com> wrote:
> On 4 Jul 2005 07:14:26 -0700, "Transition Zone"
> <mogulah@hotmail.com> wrote:
> (snips)
>>> Why do you think people shouldn't be able to control their own money?
>>
>>Because they may not allow enough to flow back into government.
> What's "enough"? The pro-Big Government people always want
> more. There is never enough. I wonder what would happen if
> they ever said, "OK, the most we will EVER need is X% of the
> GDP. Just give us that, and you can keep the rest.
> Forever." That will never happen, because there is no upper
> limit on the amount of resources they want the government to
> command. Until we actually face the horrors of not enough
> government, the proper response from Small Government
> supporters to every demand for more government money is -
> NO! Can taxes ever be TOO low? I suppose so, but it's not
> something I spend a lot of time worrying about, as it seems
> to be an extremely unlikely risk.
By "big government people" I assume you mean George W. Bush
and the Republican party...since 2000, the federal budget has
exploded and the record surpluses of the Clinton years have
turned into record deficits stretching off into the future.
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From: Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@green.rahul.net>
Newsgroups: la.general,ca.general,scruz.general,misc.survivalism,alt.tv.the-west-wing
Subject: Re: Property Rights
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:25:12 +0000 (UTC)
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