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Voievod Posted: Tue, Aug 5 2008 7:39 AM  This is a topic on
semantics and I will shortly argue that the expression
"Taxpayer's money" is flawed.  - It's too soft and doesn't
express reality.  - If it's my money, then why can't I choose
not to entrust it to the state? If I can't do whatever I want
with it, it's not really my money, is it?  - It sounds as if
"the taxpayers" suddenly decided to entrust their own money to
someone, which is not the case.  - Some taxpayers might have
decided to do that a couple of hundred years ago, but now
they're all dead. Several generations have passed since. On what
conceivable basis are we still in the contract? On what
conceivable basis are unborn children (future generations)
forced to obey the contract?  - The accusation "activity X
wastes Taxpayer's money" should be read "activity X wastes m