RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
January 6, 2013 at 7:45 pm
(January 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm)BGChuckLee Wrote: If my money is taken by force & the threat of imprisonment, then it is stolen- by definition. I don't want to support social programs. But I have to, so I don't get tazered and/or a swat team coming down on my crystal palace.
The same way a robber will threaten me with stabbing/being shot if I don't comply with his spending habits.
There's no difference really.
Welcome to living in a civilization.
My tax dollars pay for a lot of things I don't support. I think only those who voted for W Bush in 2004 should pay for the Iraq War but that's not how it works.
Civilization isn't a-la-carte. It's not like you get to walk down the buffet aisle and say, "Hm, I'll take some roads and bridges but not public schools, thank you." Nobody promised you pay-as-you-please.
Additionally, you didn't make your money by magical wealth generation. You made it because you live in a civilization that enabled you. You have roads and bridges you use to travel to work. You have police and fire fighters who protect your assets from harm. You may have employees who were educated by public schools. And you sell your products in a safe, maintained civilization.
I'm ashamed to say I once believed this Randian bs. I've grown up.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
