In article , Mark Rand
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:07:22 -0700, Tim May
wrote:



Speaking of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, taking money from
the citizens to hand out to others, for whatever noble reason, was
precisely what Sen. David Crockett was talking about in his famous
speech.

Saying money is "taken illegally" is reflecting this usage, that the
taking of money to give to others is NOT A POWER GOVERNMENT HAS,
according to the U.S. Constitution.

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Do you pay, personally, for every mile of road that you travel on?

Nitwit. Roads and national defense, and a very few other such things,
are what government is constitutionally mandated to provide for. (In
the U.S., we are talking about, as the quotes above make clear.)

The issue is taking money from some people to give to others, for the
purposes of charity.

Nitwit.

--Tim May