>> As any member of a society, that's true only up to a point. Paying taxes to support the government services I use and may need to use someday is not optional, nor should it be.
Paying for something I don't need is not optional? How familiar...
>> If you live in the United States, because being a resident here includes certain obligations, like obeying the law, even laws I happen to support and you don't. I pay taxes for things I don't like, too. I'm still obligated to pay those taxes.
I didn't ask if you have to pay taxes or not. I asked why the hell do you think your ideas on how to spend my money are better than my own? It's you here who want to tax me, not the opposite.
>> That's exactly what it's about. It's about price-gouging during natural disasters like hurricanes. I should know. I wrote the OP. You see, the price gauging etc. requires some logic and calculations - but formal logic does not exactly apply in your case (see our free speech but not free speech discussion as an excellent example). So the only argument you have is "YOU WANT TO WATCH THEM DYING!!!" - it explains and excuses everything for you.
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Date: 1/11/12 18:19 (UTC)Paying for something I don't need is not optional? How familiar...
>> If you live in the United States, because being a resident here includes certain obligations, like obeying the law, even laws I happen to support and you don't. I pay taxes for things I don't like, too. I'm still obligated to pay those taxes.
I didn't ask if you have to pay taxes or not. I asked why the hell do you think your ideas on how to spend my money are better than my own? It's you here who want to tax me, not the opposite.
>> That's exactly what it's about. It's about price-gouging during natural disasters like hurricanes. I should know. I wrote the OP.
You see, the price gauging etc. requires some logic and calculations - but formal logic does not exactly apply in your case (see our free speech but not free speech discussion as an excellent example).
So the only argument you have is "YOU WANT TO WATCH THEM DYING!!!" - it explains and excuses everything for you.