Re: Revolutions

["John Danahy" <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>]

But isn't taxation just another means of redistributing wealth?

John

John and Laurie Danahy
jdanahy@turbonet.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <WMSteed@aol.com>
To: <kkhowe@moscow.com>; <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: Revolutions


>
> In a message dated 2/16/00 4:46:54 PM, kkhowe@moscow.com writes:
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> << They were men of land and wealth who generally enlisted armies from the
>
> %40-%50 of the population that was poor and struggling, with the promise
of
>
> a better, richer future for them than what they faced under British
rule...
>
> the leaders may have been wealthy, but the masses dying in the fields were
>
> poor... >>
>
> No argument.  But, the stated premise was that all bloody revolutions are
> started by "gross inequities in the distribution of wealth and power." My
> reply was that the American Revolution wasn't a such a case but rather one
of
> the rich protesting taxation.  Would be certainly hard to do today as
present
> day proposed tax refund/tax reduction proposals seem to fall on deaf ears.
>
> Walter Steed
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>