04/15/05

When liberals say that they don't mind paying taxes, they only mind what the taxes are used for, they're uttering a contradiction, or, perhaps, admitting to enjoying being robbed. And they're revealing a profound misunderstanding about the nature of taxation. Once we understand that taxation is, by its essence, the coercive expropriation of wealth and redirection of it into places people did not voluntarily put their money, it becomes a given that the system will be abused -- or, more accurately, that the abusive system will be used -- and that the money will naturally go from those who need it to those with political connections. With this understanding it is no surprise that someone like George W. Bush, who famously couldn't keep his own businesses afloat, is now in charge of the largest budget ever accumulated in the history of the world...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory70.html

from LewRockwell.Com, by Anthony Gregory


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp