[mvpel]

I think he's taking that quote out of context too - I suspect that the underlying idea there was that we're all living as percentage-slaves to the IRS and the Federal Government. Someone from whom 100% of their labor is forcibly confiscated is not too qualitatively different from someone losing only 50% of the fruits of their labor to forcible confiscation.

[mvpel]

Missed the "past tense" there... Oops.