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Old 01-25-2004, 03:17 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Ustwo
America survived quite well for over 100 years without an income tax. Why do you assume that it is as necessary as air for exsistance?
Because the way we survived without income tax was by selling land or using land grants in place of monetary payments. It's ot like the Fiscal Fairy just showed up with bags of money whenever they needed it. The government has to provide some services (disregarding for the time being the proposed scope of those services). The government has to pay for those services. What's your suggestion for how to pay for those services if not through taxation?
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