Wednesday, January 8, 2003

"Regarding taxes and fairness": What Cal understands but Timothy Parker does not is that each individual has the right to his own life and productivity. The Framers of our Constitution understood that principle and codified it.

What the Parker's of the world believe is that it is OK to steal from one person to give to another if it is for the "public good." Our country was built upon and flourished with tax money (sales-type taxes) that respected the individual's right to his life and productivity. The folks that amended our Constitution to sanction government theft and folks like Mr. Parker do not believe the individual has the right to his life or productivity.

Yes. Government is necessary. Yes. It is necessary for government to raise money to carry out its proper functions. Earning money presents a challenge both for a government and an individual but a "financial" problem can be solved without violating the rights of any individual.

It is surprising how most people understand and live the solution in their daily life: we work, we trade value for value, our labor for someone else's money no theft is involved. What is surprising is that the same individual that would not think of stealing from someone else on a personal level doesn't think twice about voting for a politician who promises to steal from one person to give to another via our direct income-tax code confiscation at the end of a government gun pure and simple.

Our Founding Fathers understood and protected the individual's right to his life and productivity by prohibiting direct taxes (like we have today) but allowed for indirect taxes (sales-type taxes). Indirect taxes were consistent with principle yet allowed government to collect all the money it needed by trading value for value.

No theft. No confiscation. Keep up the good work, Cal.

John Galt

john64galt@yahoo.com