Gene Wolfe's Politics

brunians at brunians.org · 26 Mar 2009, 20:27 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:27:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe's Politics
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No, people will pay less taxes and therefore have more money and therefore
go bankrupt less often.

Every penny of taxes is robbed at gunpoint from a citizen, mind you.

You're just not used to living in a well-run society, Dan'l. Where you
live, the police are at war with the majority section of the population.

Well-run societies are inexpensive.



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> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:25 PM,  <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>> A good practical place to start.
>>
>> You can only make a new tax if you remove two others: you can only raise
>> a
>> tax if you reduce other taxes by twice the amount.
>
> This is a formula for bankruptcy.
>
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> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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