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(H/T: Eric)
Since Mr. Heinlein was one of my favorite authors growing up, and his "word" (grok) is part of our name, it is appropriate to have one of his quotes grace our site (especially as we are under siege as a society from those that do not understand what he is saying):
"There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him."
– Robert Heinlein
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Comments
Posted by: Doug | August 1, 2008 6:46 PM
Posted by: DCE | August 2, 2008 8:41 AM
Sad to say, the man was quite simply wrong. There are plenty of greater tyrranies than taxation. How about -- killing an innocent? Slavery? How about simply taxation *without* the person's good at heart? Aren't all of these worse?
Posted by: ThatTallGuy | August 2, 2008 6:29 PM