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From: laura@utzoo.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: Taxation is theft?
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 09:54:50 EST
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Richard,
There is an important distinction to be made here. There is a world
of difference between giving money to someone, and having money
taken from you. If all that mattered was the money, and if
``richness'' and ``poverty'' are viewed as both being wrong, then
it would not matter *how* the transfer occurred.

Given that it is the human beings, and not the money that matters,
how the transfer occurs is very important. 

Note that it may be that the ``rich'' are better off with less
money *only* *if* they give the money away voluntarily. Otherwise
the accrued resentment agaisnt the ``poor'' and against the tax
collectors may outweigh any benefits they might receive.

Laura Creighton
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