28 Mar
2001
28 Mar
'01
11:51 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 11:10:03AM -0800, Tim May wrote:
When the State has the power to take monies and then decide how and when to dole them back out, it is using its coercive powers to regulate behavior just as surely as if it had banned behaviors outright.
Right. If only the big-government fetishists would think through this (not that it would change things) -- why not just let the Feds tax at 100 percent and dole out money to worthy causes, with strings attached? -Declan