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Mark Crispin <mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> writes:

>David Barts writes:
>> I simply can't trust the government
>> completely enough to give it that kind of life or death power.

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>How about an IRS of civil servants (US citizens like yourself), and a few
>zillion judges?

>Remember, it isn't the *government* that decides how much taxes you owe.

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>How about a KGB of loyal workers like yourself and a few zillion Party
>members?

>Remember, it isn't the *government* that decides how you can live your life.

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>I'm glad to hear though that David Barts expresses distrust of the government.
>Perhaps he is now ready to take the next step, which is to realize that the
>government shouldn't be trusted with health care, or with social welfare, or
>with any of the zillion other things liberals want the government to take on.

If the gov't, say, taxes me more than the law allows, I can take
the case to court and get my money back (with interest).  (And if
I can't, then the law should definitely be changed so that I can
do so.) If the gov't wrongly kills me, I have yet to figure out a
way to get my life back.

-- 
David Barts  N5JRN                      UW Civil Engineering, FX-10
davidb@ce.washington.edu                Seattle, WA  98195