Re: Opt out? (was re. personal thoughts)

[eevans@moscow.com]

> Ed wrote
> "This discussion could get very broad very quickly, so let's keep it to the 
> specific Moscow schools example."
> 
> Brent's letter demonstrates why we can't reasonably do this.  Once you 
> accept the rationale that taxpayers can opt out of paying for specific 
> services/products they don't like, you open a Pandora's box.  If Ed gets to 
> skip paying for public schools, why should I have to pay for something I 
> don't like?
First, there is a fundamental difference between the schools and the street 
lights. Doug Jones last post touched on this, and there are more discussions 
somewhere in the archives.

Second, this is a good thought exercise. Suppose everybody pays their taxes as 
they wish. Suppose everybody excercises their particular opinion - not just in 
their head or with their mouth - but with their dollar. Scary, eh? That's the 
ugliness of full-blown relativism.

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Cheers,
-Ed Evans


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