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Originally posted by John D Harris:
1st It is my money I make it not the Cop, He makes His own money for the job he does it's called a paycheck.
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Okay, I'm pulling this from your earlier post to pick on it, but I'll note that all the stuff I'm not quoting was pretty on-point.
But, here's a basic flaw in your statement above: if YOU don't pay taxes, the cop doesn't GET a paycheck. The government has decided that it is in YOUR interest to have police protect you from harm, and seizes some of your money to do that.
If the government did not do that, we would be left only to the protection we could afford ourselves. Or, we'd all be paying private security companies "protection money" for their "services." So, do you suggest we live that way? These "goods" that are socially beneficial are called "externalities" of the market - the free market doesn't tend to produce them on its own.
[ 01-31-2003, 11:33 AM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]