Re: When Taxation Might be Necessary

From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Sun Jul 29 2001 - 18:57:36 MDT


This is offlist ...

Ride 'em, Barbara! (I am in the middle of my much-neglected painting
project, and I've overstayed my welcome on the list for awhile ... but I am
checking some of the emails.).

If you're ever coming to the Northwest, let me know and we'll have a latte
together ...

Olga

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Lamar" <altamiratexas@earthlink.net>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 3:19 PM
Subject: RE: When Taxation Might be Necessary

> Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> >> Namely, if your group already maintains a very high level of
> >> liberty, and you don't want to lose it, then resistence to
> >> [liberty-destroying] invaders damn near justifies any means.
>
> and Lee Corbin agreed.
>
> IMO, your libertarian society is thereby doomed to become unfree. The
> problem is that the state power used to win wars is never dropped (not
> entirely) once the wars are won.
>
> Barbara
>



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