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Monday, October 20, 2008


Re: Representation Without Taxation   [Andy McCarthy]

Cliff, I actually think it's exactly the form of tyranny the Founders feared.  As an increasingly sizable majority pays no taxes, the minority's representation becomes ever more illusory.  The minority will be taxed, its property rights will be eroded, and it will have no meaningful say in the matter.  A tyrant is a tyrant, whether he's a king or a block-voting majority of dependents.  As Obama and his ACORN friends used to say when he was a community organizer signing up half of Chicago, "It's a power thing."




 





 

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