Meckz.net

In increasing numbers, Americans believe that it is the responsibility – nay, the duty – of the federal government to take the earnings of some Americans and redistribute them to other Americans for various and sundry “good” reasons including “fairness.” Citizens who know it is wrong to use force to take money from a neighbor have rationalized that it is OK for the government to do it for them.

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Linda Bowles (via thinksquad)

Don’t we all (save for a few Libertarian ideologues) believe in this system? Where we may differ is the amount of taxation.