MJ: My intuition guides me well. Which would you rather have a government(s) taking 40 plus percent of income, or one taking 10% via a sales tax (not on food nor medications)? 10% would be associated with prosperity; 40 percent would be associated with economic collapse. — J. A. A. — > On May 16, 5:49 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > So now socialism is no longer socialism? Is THAT how you resolve your own > socialistic embrace? Simply REDEFINE terms? > As noted, socialism interferes with the free use of one's own private > property. > I remain curious why 10% of the GNP is *magically* optimum. > Regard$, > --MJEvery citizen who has produced or acquired a product, should have the > option of applying it immediately to his own use or of transferring it to > whoever on the face of the earth agrees to give him in exchange the object of > his desires. To deprive him of this option . . . solely to satisfy the > convenience of another citizen, is to legitimize an act of plunder and to > violate the law of justice. -- Frédéric BastiatAt 04:38 PM 5/16/2011, you > wrote:MJ: You prove nothing by arguing that another way of characterizing > socialism is to claim such interferes with the free use of one's > property. I say the same thing: Socialism STEALS from those who > actually WORK for a living to give to the good-for-nothings who are > unwilling to lift a finger, other than to vote in the most leftist > Democrats around. You will never best me at anything, MJ, because you > simply don't measure up. — NE — > On May 16, 2:05 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > At 07:36 PM 5/12/2011, you wrote:Dear MJ: When the cost of running our > > government(s) starts > > approaching the optimum 10% of the GNP, there will be such a huge > > What makes 10% GNP 'optimum'?amount of cash available to purchase desired > > goods and services, the > > many more people should be willing to be charitable. Socialism is > > FORCED charity that robs from the rich to give to the lazy and good- > > Nonsense. > > Socialism is INTERFERING in the free use of one's private property. > > Regard$, > > --MJAll States are governed by a ruling class that is a minority of the > > population, and which subsists as a parasitic and exploitative burden upon > > the rest of society. Since its rule is exploitative and parasitic, the > > State must purchase the alliance of a group of Court Intellectuals, whose > > task is to bamboozle the public into accepting and celebrating the rule of > > its particular State. The Court Intellectuals have their work cut out for > > them. In exchange for their continuing work of apologetics and > > bamboozlement, the Court Intellectuals win their place as junior partners > > in the power, prestige, and loot extracted by the State apparatus from the > > deluded public. -- Murray Rothbard > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
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