On Jul 5, 5:23 am, MooseFET
rahul.net> wrote:> On Jul 4, 5:56 pm, Bob Quintal wrote:
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>> Richard The Dreaded Libertarian
example.net> wrote innews:pan.2007.07.03.22.17.33.503120@example.net:>
>>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:58:44 +0000, Bob Quintal wrote:
>>>> Richard The Dreaded Libertarian
example.net> wrote in>>>>> On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:42:29 +0000, Bob Quintal wrote:
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>>>>>> Hillary is right.
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>>>>> No, she's in favor of socialist medicine, which is based on
>>>>> theft, and therefore wrong.
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>>>> Public service medicine is based on theft????
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>>> Yes - it's paid for by taxes, which are extracted from your
>>> paycheck, by force if they need to, whether you want to pay
>>> them or not.
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>>> Which is pretty much the definition of theft.
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>> And the Army, or Police? It's not theft, you need to think of
>> taxes like the annual membership dues for a golf club.
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> Besides, it can be argued that living in a place where the people are
> healthy is a thing of value.
But this presumes that health is improved by hiring more
middlemen--2nd, 3rd and 4th parties. It isn't. Health is improved by
walking and eating vegetables. It's cheaper than sickness, and more
fun.
> Your life is better when those around
> you are happy
Many people are unhappy for no apparent reason; they seem to like it.
> so the thing being paid for is of value to you and thus
> it would be theft not to pay for it.
The pick-pocket delights in your loss, and you have indeed paid for/
bought some jo
--his--but has he not picked your pocket just the same?
Best regards,
James Arthur
