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that it's wrong to make laws to protect us from ourselves
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or to tell us how to live,
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to tell us what virtues we should be governed by,
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and that's also why it's wrong to tax the rich to help the poor
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even for good causes,
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even to help those who are displaced by the Hurricane Katrina.
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Ask them to give charity.
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But if you tax them, it's like forcing them to labor.
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Could you tell Michael Jordan he has to skip the next week's games
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and go down to help the people displaced by Hurricane Katrina?
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Morally, it's the same.
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So the stakes are very high.