A government without any tanks, you mean like Switzerland? Last time I was there, the standard of living was quite comfortable, and all without tanks or wars. Successful nations can be had without warring and then claiming that aggression as pre-emptive self-defense. Couldn't help myself........ Anon....... On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com> wrote: > "Legislate personal responsibility.." That is really a scary statement, > not to mention an oxymoron, and pretty much says it all. > > By the way, you have a backyard to play in because you and I paid for that > tank. We can argue freely on this forum, or any forum for that matter, > because of that tank. You are free to tune pianos or have any other business > you so desire, because of that tank. If you think the "tank" is expensive, > try a government without any tanks and then tell me how your life turns out. > > Regards, > > Rob > > On Nov 03, 2010, at 12:45 , David Love wrote: > > > Sorry, not the same. You can choose not to buy a car but you can't choose > to not live in a body in which things go wrong in a country in which you > expect that someone will fix your broken leg even if you don't have enough > money. Affordable health insurance is all about economies of scale and costs > and expectations of humanity are such that sometimes you have to legislate > personal responsibility or at least contributions. Hey, I never needed a > tank to protect my backyard why should I contribute any part of my taxes to > defense or once my kids are out of school why should a pay the portion of > property taxes that contribute to education. Sometimes the social contract > trumps your personal interpretation of what you think you do or don't need. > It's a bit late to return to the wild frontier. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101103/2ce546b6/attachment.htm>
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