[ExI] Usages of the term libertarianism
Damien Broderick
thespike at satx.rr.com
Fri May 20 16:51:14 UTC 2011
On 5/20/2011 8:29 AM, Natasha Vita-More wrote:
> A man just won the lottery, but still is on food stamps because it is part
> of his cultural upbringing - an upbringing that feeds people with a sense of
> entitlement:
> <http://www.freep.com/article/20110517/NEWS06/110517023/Michigan-man-still-food-stamps-despite-winning-2M>
An interesting situation for some here, because his retort is:
<Fick told the TV station that his use of food stamps was justified
because the government took more than half of his winnings in taxes.>
If it was evil of the government to steal his winnings, hasn't he got a
moral right to claw as much of it back as he can (as anyone might who
uses a smart tax lawyer, say)?
Damien Broderick
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