3 ms·
Can you I just question your line: "As a final point, the speech makes no attempt to address the bear in the room, i.e., the question of whether it is right to
by adaml_623 14y ago
Can you I just question your line: "As a final point, the speech makes no attempt to address the bear in the room, i.e., the question of whether it is right to take by force from one person and give to another, regardless of how beneficial the effects."
I think you're talking about tax. I would have thought that most people would agree that tax is necessary for a functioning civilisation. Those people who don't want to be taxed can use a different currency/road network/law system.
- twomills 14y agoMore the way the speech assumes that the purpose of taxes and the use of monies thereby gained is to make people more equal, rather than giving them equal opportunity to make more of themselves, or to cushion only those physically or mentally incapable of keeping themselves alive.