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I won't be glib and simply mention that, of course, you have a Milton Friedman (free markets! free markets! free markets!) quote as your signiture.
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I chose that quote because it's frequenly true.
I like your quotes, by the way. I'm a big sports fan.
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Taxes are a reality. It is not "class warfare" or anything like that.
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Technically it would be "warfare" declared on individual rights, though a progressive income tax will almost certainly bring the issue of class into the discussion.
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It is a realistic payment by citizens for the operation of a working government.
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Not everyone needs or wants the government to be "working" in this manner.
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In addition, progressive taxes are not the devil; in fact, they are inherently more fair and less burdensome on those who can afford taxes least.
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A flat tax would be more fair. The wealthy would still pay a higher dollar amount than the poor (though it would be the same percentage of their income, which is the important thing), but we could avoid all of the unpleasantness of treating the successful as plow-horses working for the sake of everyone else.
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Many European countries and Canada have exceedingly comparable standards of health care to the U.S., yet pay signficantly less than we do for it.
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This doesn't really address my concerns regarding the inevitable violation of individual rights that goes hand-in-hand with socialism.
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A societal good.
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As for individual rights?
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I apologize for being unable to find it now, but the Washington Monthly had an amazingly well-written, detailed article on why the government achieves greater results with better efficiency in VA Hospitals. I believe it was in their January edition. |
This doesn't really address my concerns regarding the inevitable violation of individual rights that goes hand-in-hand with socialism.