12-13-2006, 11:05 AM
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Nomenklatura демокр
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: ST.Louis, Mo.
Posts: 16,807
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It is illogcial to ask if THE PEOPLE can govern themselfs better than POLITICANS.
Because the fact is, POLITICANS come from THE PEOPLE.
i.e. Politicans didn't just fall from the sky. politicans grew up in our society.
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"Spending for the common good" is not equitable to "spreading the wealth." Taxation for spending for the common good is paying a fee for services rendered. For example, I pay a tax and I get military/police/fire protection, infrastructure improvements, and mail services. Taxation for spreading the wealth is paying a fee for no services rendered. For example, I pay a tax and it goes in the form of a check to someone who pays no taxes.-menaz The Communist Manifesto's second plank is, "A heavy progressive or graduated income tax."-Marx & Engles http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3357 January 20th, 2009. A date which will live in infamy.
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