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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 09:10:59 -0700
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On 21 May 2024 19:09:25 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>On Tue, 21 May 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>
>>> D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am okay paying my share of taxes, as long as everyone else is =
paying their
>>>>> share too, and I used to think most people are like that.  It's =
definitely
>>>>> different from place to place.
>>>>
>>>> If you think taxes go towards a good thing, why would it change your
>>>> position if others pay or don't pay? Your money still does good.
>>>
>>> Because I am human, and humans get resentful when they feel like they=
 are
>>> being treated unfairly.  (Lazarus Long had something to say about =
this.)
>>
>>So you are saying that the only reason you like paying taxes is if all=20
>>other people around you are forced to do so as well.
>
>No, that is not what I am saying.  You are asserting the contrapositive.

Given
(everyone else is paying their share) =3D> (I am okay paying my share)
the contrapositive would be
(I am /not/ okay paying my share) =3D> (everyone else is /not/ paying
their share)
provided I recall my logic correctly.

He appears to be asserting that you are saying:
(all other people around you are forced [to pay taxes)) =3D> (you like
paying taxes)
which is a distortion of what you are saying.

He, OTOH, appears to be working with the proposition
(I only pay taxes because I am forced to do so) =3D> (everyone who pays
taxes is forced to do so)
at least as far as I can tell.

This is not a person who has any significant connection to reality.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"