From: mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson)
Subject: Re: Why Is Tax Evasion Not Considered Unpatriotic?
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA
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In <1993Apr2.125134.3780@hemlock.cray.com> rja@mahogany126.cray.com (Ben's dad) writes:

|In article <C4tAuw.Mrz@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>, mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson) writes:
|> In article <1pasrg$ife@s1.gov> lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich) writes:
|> 
|> |	The title is self-explanatory; Isaac Asimov once pointed out
|> |that curious fact.
|> 
|> Are you saying that it should be considered unpatriotic if you do not give
|> everything you own to the state.

|Are you saying that it should be considered unpatriotic if you do not give
|your *life* in battle for the state?  The PC (Patrioticly Correct) certainly
|think so.

|>                                   I thought that kind of system collapsed
|> when the Soviet Union did.

|No, the pentagon is still standing and collecting names for the draft.

|> If that's not what you meant. At what point does paying more taxes cease
|> being patriotic?

|Your money or your life.  Which is more important?

Nice dodge. I give it a 9.2.

Now to answer your questions. I do not believe that there should be a
draft. The armed services should be voluntary. Can you say the same
about taxes.

I've answered your question. Would you now answer mine.
-- 
Mob rule isn't any prettier merely because the mob calls itself a government
It ain't charity if you are using someone else's money.
Wilson's theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related.
Mark.Wilson@AtlantaGA.NCR.com
