hrubin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Herman Rubin) wrote:
>In article <nejo24tckslc5t5t0kpo8re1m78f0drlnv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>Pubkeybreaker <pubkeybreaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> If we want them to pay taxes, then we have no morally justifiable
>>>> alternative.
>
>>>False. The justification for taxes is TANSTAAFL.
>>>If people want to access the goods and services of the government
>>>that are funded by taxes, then they must pay taxes. Noone gets
>>>a free ride.
>
>>King George thought that Americans ought to help pay for the war
>>against the French and the Indians that Britain fought on our behalf
>>based on that principle. The colonists felt otherwise, since they had
>>no vote, the result was a noted Tea Party and then a revolution. Your
>>viewpoint lost.
>
>If King George had given each colony two representatives
>in the huge House of Commons, this would have ended the
>action then and there, and the colonies would only have
>token representation.
And there probably would have been no revolution, because the
ideological basis for said revolution would have been insufficient to
gain the needed votes. Even as it is, sup****t for the revolution
wasn't initially very strong,
>It was clearly the expectation of
>those who wrote the Constitution that the representatives
>of the individual districts would represent the interests
>of the people in the district;
It is NOT clearly so. Indeed there is no mention of congressional
districts in the Constitution, and states could in theory have all
congresscritters elected at-large.
lojbab
Bob LeChevalier - artificial linguist; genealogist
lojbab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lojban language www.lojban.org
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