Re: Final Challenge to Socialists

From: Samael (Samael@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Fri Dec 11 1998 - 02:37:31 MST


-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Donaghe <tdonaghe@yahoo.com>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
Date: 11 December 1998 01:35
Subject: Final Challenge to Socialists

>In order for socialism to exist, the government must use violence to
>force it's citizens to pay taxes.

I would contend that individual citizens refusing to pay tax is an act of
theft against all people. (the basic items from which all else is produced
belonging to everyone). An act of theft can be reasonably met with the
threat of violence to return that which has been stolen.

Samael



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