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To: HomeAtLast
Indeed, why give them anything at all?

Is it "giving" when the resources "given" are taken at gunpoint from someone else? They are in essence receivers of stolen goods. as H. L. Mencken once said

"The state, or, to make matters more concrete, the government, consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get, and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting "A" to satisfy "B". In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advanced auction on stolen goods.
These people are more of an insidious the enemy of the America I grew up in than Al Quaida. I reiterate - screw 'em.
69 posted on 11/02/2012 11:41:57 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

Among the many other chestnuts that come to mind, is “Silence is consent.” You pay your taxes quietly, obediently; you don’t wait to see the gunpoint factor realized, it’s there well enough.
I quite understand your position, but your wrath ought to be directed to the government that holds the gun. There are so many causes to end up in public housing and on the dole. (May you never know a single one!) Not so many reasons, to rob the productive.


79 posted on 11/02/2012 11:53:49 AM PDT by HomeAtLast (Please proceed, Governor. To the White House.)
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