[50] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: LIVING WAGE SIT-IN AT HARVARD (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Boris Zbarsky)
Thu Apr 19 21:03:00 2001
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To: "Sourav K. Mandal" <Sourav.Mandal@ikaran.com>
cc: mit-talk@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Apr 2001 19:53:34 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:01:52 -0400
From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
> This, by the way, is why taxation is immoral: in order for citizens to
> be law abiding, they have to hand over cash, which pays for services
> they don't use.
I hear this a lot....
Do you actually think that the amount of money you pay in taxes more
than covers the cost of providing the services you enjoy? Given that
you're a college student, chances are very low that that's actually the
case.
I don't mean to pry into your financial situation, so you're under no
obligation to respond to this. But please consider for yourself whether
the statements you are making make sense.
Boris
