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i'll tell you what i think on that, shades, though you did not ask me:
i would think that anyone who extracts profit from the social system should be willing to contribute something to the maintenance of the system. since historically private philanthropies and churches were totally unable to provide anything like this, system maintenance occurs through taxation. the idea that capitalist markets, left to themselves, would provide for the greater social good is also a fantasy, not supported by even the slightest historical analysis.
the way in which the thread was framed is entirely within the purview of the planet limbaugh, a funny little world in which capitalism is not a social formation, taxes are simply taking your stuff, the sky is green and people walk upside down.
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
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