[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)
Craighead, Scot D
craighead.scot at vectorscm.com
Tue Jun 18 22:50:35 UTC 2002
>So, uh, you are equating tobacco users with redheads and people who
>like to speak in a different language than you. The rationale for a
>tobacco tax is to curb known harm and to compensate for damages
>incurred (i.e. a "user fee").
Is it the government's place to tell me how to live? Taxes are supposed to
be moneys raised to provide the services that the government is requried to
provide. Are taxes supposed to be punitive?
>For non-english speakers and redheads, it is a sheer power trip, it seems
to me. And such >an inconsequential
>one to boot. To suggest that our "english-speaking" culture is
>imperiled in *any* way right now is just ludicrous.
>
>Besides, you've got nothing to worry about when it comes to your tax
>dollars going to coddle foreigners. Your entire federal tax bill last
>year went to pay for a tail fin on a 500 lb bomb. Curdle maybe, but
>not coddle.
You are twisting my words into what you want to respond to. I did not say I
wanted to do anything to redheads. You did.
>Scot> So you don't believe in majority rule...what form of government
>Scot> do you like? Perhaps an educated elite that can decide for the
>Scot> crude masses?
>
>Again, I refer you to the "tyranny of the majority" as discussed by
>our "founding fathers" for elucidation on the tensions involved.
You didn't answer the question, did you? I understand that true democracy
is mob rule. That is why I support a democratic republic with certain
rights gauranteed to individuals.
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