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Old 01-01-2008, 04:17 PM   #11
Radar
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Originally Posted by Aliantha View Post
OK, I'm just a little bit troubled by anyone saying taxing isn't fair in a society.

How can the government build roads and basic infrastructure etc if the community doesn't contribute?
Before 1913, we had no income taxes. We had roads, schools, hospitals, post offices, etc.

In fact 100% of the Constitutional parts of our government could be paid for using only the tariffs and excise taxes already collected without raising them even a penny.
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