What the hell has this got to do with the list subject.  Please refrain.

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On Tue, 2 May 2000, [iso-8859-1] David Benjamin wrote:

> To list ,
> 
> Let's say everyone in class goes on a picnic, which
> may cost some money, say 100 pounds.  Let's say the
> class is composed of 100 students.  It goes without
> saying that each student should pay 1 pound as his
> contribution for the picnic.  Right?  Everyone shares
> equally. That's perfectly fair.
> 
> Let's now say that there's a guy in class that just
> won 1000 pounds in a town lottery.  Let's now say
> that the class president comes up with the bright
> idea that the classmate who won the lottery should
> shoulder 50% of the picnic cost, amounting to 50
> pounds.  He urges the class to take a vote, and the
> class decides overwhelmingly that 50% of the bill
> should be paid by this 1 classmate. 
> 
> This action then becomes "legal," though NOT just at
> all. 
> This is a clear violation of rights.
> 
> DEMOCRACY is the process by which the majority vote
> away private property from the minority.  It is a
> form of "legalized theft."
> 
> No majority ever has the right to vote that they
> can take away someone else's private property.
> 
> This is what is happening all over the world,
> whenever you have a Tax system that taxes people
> different amounts.  I'm not saying that everyone
> should be taxed an equivalent say, 300 pounds a year. 
> A fixed 15% tax on everyone of all incomes is fair
> enough.  Under such a proposed flat tax system, the
> rich will still pay much much more that anyone else. 
> But at least there's a limit to the extent of
> confiscation.  But when you tax a millionaire at 50 %
> of his million, and a middle classed guy at 10% of his
> thousands, then you have a system that "democratically
> and legally steals."
> 
> that's DEMOCRACY
> 
> I strongly believe in a society that helps its people
> by providing basic necessities whenever they need it. 
> Naturally, the poor will use this facility much more
> than the rich.  That's OK and good.  But no society,
> and no majority ever has the right to ever confiscate
> private property in the disguise of "fair socialized
> rates of taxation !!!"
> > 
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