tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post2717278485760801621..comments2023-10-16T06:34:49.367-05:00Comments on Old Whig's Brain Dump: I've developed a fascination with Mark SkousenAlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-56990809138081397912009-05-11T10:19:00.000-05:002009-05-11T10:19:00.000-05:00I don't consider the Constitution to hold the same...I don't consider the Constitution to hold the same exalted position as the Declaration of Independence.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-6600252329410395122009-05-10T09:28:00.000-05:002009-05-10T09:28:00.000-05:00The constitution is clear, the goverinment has a r...The constitution is clear, the goverinment has a right to tax, also clear that we have the right to redress and to throw fits about it. <br />It does and we do.Starsplashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104986136505112560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-81295596892263659412009-05-09T23:52:00.000-05:002009-05-09T23:52:00.000-05:00I'm hurt that you'd try to trick me into thinking ...I'm hurt that you'd try to trick me into thinking I can get away with evading taxes. Oh, you mean by lobbying. Yeah, it only took William Wilberforce 25 years to end slavery in Britain. Nobody's tried that with taxes.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-30305205388446958542009-05-09T23:01:00.000-05:002009-05-09T23:01:00.000-05:00The important thing to remember is that, as member...The important thing to remember is that, as members of a Democratic Republic, the taxes we pay are voluntary. A person's decision not to be involved in political action committees is their own problem.<br /><br />Yea, I know, I'm a jerk.LibertyBobhttp://www.libertybob.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-20994609049216930792009-05-09T09:07:00.000-05:002009-05-09T09:07:00.000-05:00I am in agreement 100%, I think though that there ...I am in agreement 100%, I think though that there are people (the paranoid and fearful) who say that we need a more powerful government to 'get control of intransigence' in society. I believe I can see the inklings of this starting back when our country was first formed.<br />The European imperialists I'll call them.Starsplashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104986136505112560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-12031830908416748782009-05-08T22:35:00.000-05:002009-05-08T22:35:00.000-05:00Oh, no, I'll get to that tomorrow, I guess.Oh, no, I'll get to that tomorrow, I guess.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-67215496366489861672009-05-08T22:34:00.000-05:002009-05-08T22:34:00.000-05:00I did mean that "you" personally. Perhaps I shoul...I did mean that "you" personally. Perhaps I should have said "I", but I am proposing a universal prescription which has a consequence in the real world that we live in now. Conversely, if you want taxes reduced, you have to eschew starting fights, stealing, lying and bullying first. I agree that we won't get them reduced to zero until we convince so many others to do the same that the personalAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-61941318259829280752009-05-08T18:33:00.000-05:002009-05-08T18:33:00.000-05:00Cont.
I have thought about user fees in the place...Cont.<br /><br />I have thought about user fees in the place of taxation, I have thought of all kinds of ways to avoid government interference in our economic lives, as well as personal, yet society is filled with selfish wants, power hungry fools, and people who just want hand outs; until we find a way to forgo these negatives of human nature I believe we are stuck with some type of taxation.<brOle Blue The Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607608554845566519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-38740105489066406112009-05-08T18:32:00.000-05:002009-05-08T18:32:00.000-05:00I agree. But society does at times revert to self ...I agree. But society does at times revert to self interest and not for the good of the individual. <br /><br />In any type of society the individual tends to be forgotten and the group, with the most power, dictates what is a civil liberty and a crime against the society.<br /><br />When I was younger and a new student to Political Science and International Relations I thought about a voluntary Ole Blue The Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607608554845566519noreply@blogger.com