When the government tells you that you have to buy a certain product... like say a road or a bridge or police force... so those should all be thrown out and only private (toll) bridges and for-hire police should exist. Gotcha.
Wants to take most of my fruits of labor. Um, I'll assume you are using hyperbole here, because last time I checked, tax rates maxed out at 40%.. which isn't 'most'. More, you are actually getting a return on this in things like infrastructure, defense, and social programs which even if you don't use, are keeping your front lawn uncluttered from lepers begging for one of your coins...
Taxes should only benefit the members of that state? I thought you were against the federal government?
Ten Commandments? Tell me, what morality is governed by the graven images clause? You'd really be a-okay with slavery? How does same-sex marriage or polygamy or even (that Republican favorite) bestiality? None of these are forbidden by the Ten Commandments (unless it is your neighbor's ass that you want to bone...). And how do you propose to enforce that whole "God's Name In Vain" thing? Morality police who wander around waiting for a guy to stub his toe and shout "Jesus Christ"?
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Date: 2014-06-30 06:40 am (UTC)When the government tells you that you have to buy a certain product... like say a road or a bridge or police force... so those should all be thrown out and only private (toll) bridges and for-hire police should exist. Gotcha.
Wants to take most of my fruits of labor. Um, I'll assume you are using hyperbole here, because last time I checked, tax rates maxed out at 40%.. which isn't 'most'. More, you are actually getting a return on this in things like infrastructure, defense, and social programs which even if you don't use, are keeping your front lawn uncluttered from lepers begging for one of your coins...
Taxes should only benefit the members of that state? I thought you were against the federal government?
Ten Commandments? Tell me, what morality is governed by the graven images clause? You'd really be a-okay with slavery? How does same-sex marriage or polygamy or even (that Republican favorite) bestiality? None of these are forbidden by the Ten Commandments (unless it is your neighbor's ass that you want to bone...). And how do you propose to enforce that whole "God's Name In Vain" thing? Morality police who wander around waiting for a guy to stub his toe and shout "Jesus Christ"?