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Re: most of what govts do can be done by business, and done (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Tue Nov 10 21:30:32 1998

From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:56:10 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>

Forwarded message:

> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:00:44 -0500
> From: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
> Subject: Re: most of what govts do can be done by business, and done
>  better (Re: How to solve the tax problem w/o anarchy or force)

> 	Roads are the easiest (assuming a government model) things to apply
> road use taxes to, simply tax gasoline, oil, and tires. Scale your tire tax
> based on weight and apply it to bicycles as well, then everyone (execpt
> peds) who uses pays.

Screw that, tax the shoes.


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