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Re: Fair Tax?
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Originally Posted by liberty1776
I like this scenario only if gov't allowed other companies to compete in the services you mention.
I would much rather have private enterprise provide these important services to me than gov't. And I have no problem with not reveiving any of the gov't benefits that taxpayers recieve.
So, if you are trying to make me out to be some sort of hypocrite, or a mooch, you have failed.
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Are you going to hire a private fire department, a private police department, a private army?
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Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776
"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address
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