[PLUG] Re: Jobs to Canada OT (Way Off!)

Brian Beattie beattie at beattie-home.net
Sun Aug 31 15:20:02 UTC 2003


On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 19:24, Dane P Carver wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Russ Johnson wrote:
> 
> > * Dane P Carver <hamlet at aracnet.com> [2003-08-30 18:02]:
> > > No it is not cheating ... It is legalized stealing.
> >
> > No, it's not stealing. The government is giving out this money. They
> > hand it to those that qualify. Stealing is when you take something that
> > doesn't belong to you, WITHOUT PERMISSION.
> >
> 
> You are right. When a thief with a gun steals a wallet and gives it to a
> friend, the friend did not steal it but he is in possession of stolen
> property.
> 
> The government is giving this money to the 'qualified' from taking it from
> others. It not stealing because the government legalized the theft of the
> money from taxpayers. It can't be rationalize just because the taxpayer
> makes more money and can 'afford' it.

You are right, it is theft.  But then money is property and all property
is theft.  Its nice to see such good socialist thinking from you.

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