tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post7021550507296454454..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: The power to taxBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-2214994336478393862010-03-24T11:11:35.119-07:002010-03-24T11:11:35.119-07:00I don't like this health insurance "refor...I don't like this health insurance "reform" plan because it's a fascist way of using government power to force us to do business with private corporations. (I would have preferred a socialist universal coverage system like what's been present in the last two countries I've lived in.) But the power to tax angle, I'm OK with that. If you're going to have a country with a government, as opposed to living in Somalia, taxes are the price you pay. (Literally) But the Glibertarians who screech stuff like "the 16th Amendment is illegal" have SUCH a problem with the very notion of having a government. Go live in Liberia, then! Even its <b>name</b> is almost "libertarian." And if a drug-addled warlord gang member cuts off your left forearm, that's LIBERTY!Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.com