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America the Unfree
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| 01-28-04
| Roberts, Paul Craig
Posted on 01/28/2004 6:47:57 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: newgeezer
Any so-called freedoms they enjoy were granted by their governments, and could be (and have been) rescinded overnight. And what we have differs how?
I've been to Singapore. Except for very very high car taxes, the government stays out of your life. You can have a truly private bank account, and, being a small island with a well-traveled population, the government knows it's futile to try to hold Singaporean's money hostage, so they don't.
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:41:09 AM PST
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
To: sergeantdave
It is 50/50. Once you complete working as a slave to pay your taxes, you are left with nothing more than a serf!
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:42:20 AM PST
by
CSM
(Council member Carol Schwartz (R.-at large), my new hero! The Anti anti Smoke Gnatzie!)
To: Dead Corpse
Actually, didn't the Stasi have somewhere around a million people? Only if you count the snitches. How many snitches on LEA payrolls in the U.S.?
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:42:26 AM PST
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
To: Theodore R.; All
To: theFIRMbss
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:45:05 AM PST
by
freeeee
("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord)
To: freeeee
I am free to hold my hard earned income. Provided it doesn't exceed the amount that the government allows me to have in my possession!
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:46:15 AM PST
by
CSM
(Council member Carol Schwartz (R.-at large), my new hero! The Anti anti Smoke Gnatzie!)
To: theFIRMbss
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:48:47 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: freeeee
You are freeeee to emigrate!
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:54:09 AM PST
by
verity
To: verity
Don't tempt me.
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:55:12 AM PST
by
freeeee
("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord)
To: verity
How about our politicians, under oath, be freeee to uphold the Constitution? Is that too much of a friggin' stretch?
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:56:55 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: freeeee
What would be your top five destination choices?
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:57:55 AM PST
by
verity
To: Dead Corpse
To: Dead Corpse
I am far more concerned about the Judiciary!
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posted on
01/28/2004 7:59:44 AM PST
by
verity
To: verity
Sorry, that's classified.
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posted on
01/28/2004 8:01:04 AM PST
by
freeeee
("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord)
To: Theodore R.
I have European friends who when visiting the USA are amazed at all the regulations for public behavior we accept. Prohibitions against public drinking and smoking are one big example; unknown in most of Europe.
They quickly tend to ask, "Land of the free? Who are you kidding?"
To: freeeee
So you are not freeeee to share this important information. ;~)
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posted on
01/28/2004 8:02:51 AM PST
by
verity
To: verity
You mean like Bush appointee Judge Reggie in Washington DC that believes the Second Amendment is a collective Right?
No thanks. We don't need more of that kind of judge.
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posted on
01/28/2004 8:03:42 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: theFIRMbss
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posted on
01/28/2004 8:05:34 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: verity
Maybe confidential would be a better word.
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posted on
01/28/2004 8:06:47 AM PST
by
freeeee
("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord)
To: Theodore R.
One thing I have to ask myself though, is what's the alternative? Granted taxes are way too high...and government is way, WAY too big--however, taxes, along with death, are always with us.
In terms of what we can say, where we can go, and what religion we can practice--historically, we are more free than at any time on earth. Are we over-taxed and way overly socialistic? Yes, no question. However the logic of the article would say any taxation is slavery--any "witholding of the fruit of your labor" is the same as involuntary servitude. I think such doesn't do justice to the horror of real slavery--and a real lack of freedom.
Ask any immigrant you find from the former (or current) Communist countries if we are free...income tax and all.
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