Well, he says that Govt has no right to spend taxes

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Post #189,487

by Arkadiy

1/9/05 1:57:12 PM

Well, he says that Govt has no right to spend taxes

and you say that Govt has no right to spend money it borrowed. In his case, the money should go back to the taxpayers, in your case, (I guess) to the bondholders. Right?

I do know that I built a strawman. I do know that you and Ayn Rand Institute are worlds apart. But is it not funny when such a different premises bring different peope to (outwardly) similar conclusions?

There is one premise that you folks share, though. Both you and Rand fans think that human nature is, in essense, good. Yours and theirs definitions of "good" may differ, but the premises do sound the same.

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Is the US being stingy with aid to Tsunami victims? - (bluke) - (61) - Dec. 29, 2004, 06:06:48 AM EST

Japan and EU are gioving less than US at the moment - (Arkadiy) - (28) - Dec. 29, 2004, 12:06:06 PM EST

$10.66M+ to ARCDR on Amazon. -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 1, 2005, 09:39:53 AM EST

Think of it relative to our wealth - (xtensive) - (22) - Dec. 29, 2004, 02:33:09 PM EST

Look at it from the point of veiw of work that needs doing - (Arkadiy) - Dec. 29, 2004, 04:13:48 PM EST

As opposed to the lack of wealth in EU? - (bepatient) - (20) - Dec. 30, 2004, 06:47:53 AM EST

"by huge multiples"??? Proctomathology, again? - (CRConrad) - (19) - Dec. 30, 2004, 07:58:41 AM EST

Re: "by huge multiples"??? Proctomathology, again? - (bepatient) - (18) - Dec. 30, 2004, 08:46:40 AM EST

As I thought: No proof. - (CRConrad) - (17) - Dec. 30, 2004, 06:51:06 PM EST

couple of points - (daemon) - (9) - Dec. 30, 2004, 07:18:55 PM EST

Canadian gov has given 40 million CDN so far - (jake123) - (7) - Dec. 30, 2004, 09:54:33 PM EST

Jake the canucks per capita give more than any other - (daemon) - (6) - Dec. 31, 2004, 06:50:36 AM EST

You're frigging well wrong, so shaddappayoface. - (CRConrad) - (4) - Dec. 31, 2004, 09:21:06 AM EST

:-D - (pwhysall) - (2) - Dec. 31, 2004, 09:22:52 AM EST

I'm doing my part to make up for Bush. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2004, 10:44:26 AM EST

Holy HECK, man... Kudos, big ones. -NT - (CRConrad) - Dec. 31, 2004, 11:48:09 AM EST

so the EU has given 780 million ..l.. pointed right at ya -NT - (daemon) - Dec. 31, 2004, 03:05:21 PM EST

No we don't actually - (jake123) - Dec. 31, 2004, 11:29:48 AM EST

You got one thing right: where the point is at. - (CRConrad) - Dec. 31, 2004, 03:03:47 AM EST

OECD - (bepatient) - (5) - Dec. 30, 2004, 09:54:47 PM EST

"OECD - Look it up"? Sure; what, where? - (CRConrad) - (4) - Dec. 31, 2004, 02:47:15 AM EST

The $35 mln figure is days old. - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Dec. 31, 2004, 11:58:33 AM EST

And it will get larger... - (bepatient) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2004, 02:16:13 PM EST

amen -NT - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 3, 2005, 05:13:18 PM EST

Do you have a reference for that? - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 31, 2004, 05:18:17 PM EST

For the record - (Arkadiy) - Jan. 3, 2005, 04:27:05 PM EST

But at the time of the comment, the US only promised $15.... - (Simon_Jester) - Dec. 29, 2004, 04:26:36 PM EST

But the govt *is* the public ... innit? -NT - (drewk) - (2) - Dec. 29, 2004, 05:16:02 PM EST

Gah, what a Soviet thing to say. Party and People Are United -NT - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2004, 05:17:09 PM EST

Oops, forgot about that - (drewk) - Dec. 29, 2004, 05:57:55 PM EST

well apparently Egelander - (daemon) - Dec. 29, 2004, 05:20:09 PM EST

NY Times: Are We Stingy? Yes - (bluke) - Dec. 30, 2004, 02:51:55 AM EST

UK = $96M, US = $35M as at 31/12/04 00:22 GMT - (pwhysall) - Dec. 30, 2004, 07:22:03 PM EST

American contribution hiked to $350M as at 21:19 31/12/2004 -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - Dec. 31, 2004, 04:19:23 PM EST

Now we're talking. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2004, 05:10:49 PM EST

Much better, no? - (pwhysall) - Dec. 31, 2004, 05:18:30 PM EST

Japanese pledge $500M. -NT - (pwhysall) - Jan. 1, 2005, 09:52:01 AM EST

This whole tit for tat is mostly futile - (scoenye) - Jan. 1, 2005, 02:25:49 PM EST

Those darned stingy Americans - (bepatient) - (3) - Jan. 3, 2005, 07:03:06 PM EST

Or 20 ;0) -NT - (mmoffitt) - Jan. 3, 2005, 08:20:48 PM EST

No need for petulance - (Ashton) - Jan. 3, 2005, 09:50:14 PM EST

chuckle... - (Simon_Jester) - Jan. 4, 2005, 04:52:04 PM EST

WTH? - (mmoffitt) - (19) - Jan. 5, 2005, 08:03:24 PM EST

Ha! -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 5, 2005, 08:04:01 PM EST

The opposites attract - (Arkadiy) - (17) - Jan. 7, 2005, 07:09:23 PM EST

The. Ayn. Rand. Institute. !.?.!. - (Ashton) - (16) - Jan. 7, 2005, 09:11:40 PM EST

It's a point, Ash. - (imric) - (15) - Jan. 8, 2005, 01:40:28 AM EST

Really? - (Another Scott) - (8) - Jan. 8, 2005, 10:22:22 AM EST

specific purposes are described in the constitution - (daemon) - (7) - Jan. 8, 2005, 10:25:32 AM EST

Maybe I'm dense. I don't see it in Article 1, Section 8. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Jan. 8, 2005, 10:37:57 AM EST

look further up :-) - (daemon) - (2) - Jan. 8, 2005, 11:07:14 AM EST

We're talking about slightly different things. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 8, 2005, 12:16:30 PM EST

reason for that - (daemon) - Jan. 9, 2005, 12:24:04 AM EST

And Tsunami relief is what part of - (imric) - (2) - Jan. 8, 2005, 11:09:37 AM EST

the same reason gunboats went up the yellow river - (daemon) - Jan. 8, 2005, 11:30:36 AM EST

Methinks you goofed. - (jb4) - Jan. 13, 2005, 07:12:42 PM EST

Blah...strict constitutionalists - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - Jan. 8, 2005, 07:19:56 PM EST

*grin* Another point. -NT - (imric) - Jan. 8, 2005, 08:57:05 PM EST

So you'd rather Halliburton get it than the tsunami victims? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Jan. 9, 2005, 10:57:33 AM EST

naw, raytheon, what are the vics gonna spend it on, food? -NT - (daemon) - Jan. 9, 2005, 11:15:11 AM EST

*sigh* All I said was that he had a point re: - (imric) - Jan. 9, 2005, 12:21:25 PM EST

Well, he says that Govt has no right to spend taxes - (Arkadiy) - Jan. 9, 2005, 01:57:12 PM EST

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