Re: How Tax Supporters Killed Rome and why ROY L is wrong

From: Andy F (aft627_at_aol.com)
Date: 07/22/04


Date: 22 Jul 2004 18:58:41 GMT


><johhnyfiveisalive@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:cdoc78$a7s@odbk17.prod.google.com...
>> ROY L says we need more taxes,

Wrong. The Georgist argument is that all taxes - other than the tax on land -
ought to be cut.

>> therefore we need more gubbment red tape
>> and employees to enforce more taxes and I already can't read all the
>> tax code, excessive gubbment killed Rome, it will kill the USA, you are
>> never going to catch Kaiser Soze with Agent Kujan -
>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114814/ Kaiser is always

Why do so many people pretend they can't spell 'government?'
  



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