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   From: bit_bucket@gmx.com   
      
   On 11/17/2011 10:05 AM, Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:   
   > On 11/17/2011 2:23 AM, John Smith wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >>>   
   >>> You might have a different opinion if you were burglarized and all   
   >>> your stuff was sold by 'private transactions' through a second hand   
   >>> dealer front man.   
   >>>   
   >>> Btw, the information only becomes available to the police in the   
   >>> event   
   >>> of a criminal investigation and it's only that transaction. There is   
   >>> no routine 'reporting to the government'.   
   >>   
   >> Isn't that the reason we initially hired "cops" for? I mean, I   
   >> realize they are no longer doing a job for the people, the citizens   
   >> -- and are mostly revenue generators for the town, city, county,   
   >> state, feds, etc. But, really, watching every dollar trade hands is   
   >> NOT what we have public servants and authorities for, we don't have   
   >> them to "punish" us ... we simply need to remind them to do the   
   >> original job they were created for and the things you mention are   
   >> already taken care of ... let's just get the public servants and   
   >> cops to do the job for the people.   
   >>   
   >> Regards,   
   >> JS   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > I agree, John. The purpose of the Constitution is not to help the police.   
   >   
   > If limiting government knowledge of my private transactions to zero --   
   > except in the case of a properly obtained and strictly limited warrant   
   > -- slows down the police a little bit, well, that's just the way it will   
   > have to be. Tough luck if a few crimes aren't solved as fast. The   
   > greatest crime of all, the theft of our freedom, would stop -- and   
   > that's _far_ more important than getting your BMW back, or reducing the   
   > goddamned deficit.   
   >   
   > Of course, restoring our privacy would also entail an instant and total   
   > end to the income tax, since no entity would have any right whatsoever   
   > to know what your income even was, much less tax it. Yessiree Bob!   
   >   
   >   
   > Esse quam videre,   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Kevin Alfred Strom.   
      
   Quite so.  And, take the sports out of the schools, the art out of   
   public projects, the perks out of public servant benefits, the special   
   interest grants, the gay grants, the womens' grants, etc, etc, etc.   
      
   Schools are for learning, public buildings are for absolute necessary   
   business of the people, etc.   
      
   I am for the govt getting a flat 10% of your net earnings and that is it   
   ... whatever we can't afford on that, too bad.  But, one thing we need   
   to do is bring all the public servant and govt workers, be that fed,   
   state, county, city or town, pay into correct equivalency to the private   
   sector pay ... and cut a million other unnecessary govt expenditures and   
   funding ... there will be plenty of money, long as they support   
   Americans with jobs and an acceptable standard of living ... as it   
   stands now, with income tax, property tax, sales tax, fees and fines,   
   hidden taxes, gasoline taxes, etc., somewhere between 50% and 60% of   
   your income is going to the government in taxes -- some of these taxes   
   are just known by other names.   
      
   Take a hard look at how they have bent and warped the Constitution, laws   
   and systems, we are now simply paying them for the privilege of being   
   slaves to them.   
      
   It would be nice to have a nice "pirate SW station" discussing some of   
   this ...    
      
   Regards,   
   JS   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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