The government makes every man a criminal.Martin Hash wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 7:41 am Forensic accounting. First they have to suspect; that's usually a tip from disgruntled family members, or criminal enterprise. It's not difficult to cheat the IRS without snitches. People have to want to follow the law, and be afraid of what will happen if they don't.
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The government just assigns responsibility to what every man will do if left unsupervised.Fife wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:29 pmThe government makes every man a criminal.Martin Hash wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 7:41 am Forensic accounting. First they have to suspect; that's usually a tip from disgruntled family members, or criminal enterprise. It's not difficult to cheat the IRS without snitches. People have to want to follow the law, and be afraid of what will happen if they don't.
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Fife
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Use that for a campaign slogan.
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Wow.Martin Hash wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:37 pm The government just assigns responsibility to what every man will do if left unsupervised.
They managed to spend the entire national GDP plus $28.5trillion just doing that?
Man.
Seems like religion was a cheaper and more effective option.
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So were kings. Liberty is messy.DBTrek wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:49 pmWow.Martin Hash wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:37 pm The government just assigns responsibility to what every man will do if left unsupervised.
They managed to spend the entire national GDP plus $28.5trillion just doing that?
Man.
Seems like religion was a cheaper and more effective option.
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Liberty doesn't concern itself with its neighbors being "too successful".
Liberty minds its own affairs.
Commies worry about how much everyone else has.
Right before they liquidate people and take their possessions.
/shrug
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Yeah don't think it is a liberty issue, but a republican government issue.DBTrek wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:03 pmLiberty doesn't concern itself with its neighbors being "too successful".
Liberty minds its own affairs.
Commies worry about how much everyone else has.
Right before they liquidate people and take their possessions.
/shrug
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+1DBTrek wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:03 pm Liberty doesn't concern itself with its neighbors being "too successful".
Liberty minds its own affairs.
Commies worry about how much everyone else has.
Right before they liquidate people and take their possessions.
/shrug
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On the flip side, there is a natural human aversion to getting shafted. /shrug