Perhaps your Congressmen should dig down into your own pouches and pay for whatever is needed; that would be one way to keep government down in size to its indispensable functions whatever they may be. If indeed there are any. I would be satisfied to have the Golden Rule be the only law; I see no need for any other, nor for any method of enforcing it.
But if you really believe your neighbors must have laws for their own good, why shouldn’t you pay for it? Comrades, I beg you—do not resort to compulsory taxation. There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
The world’s poor do not resent the rich anywhere as much as the left-wing parties in the developed world imagine. What they resent is not having any pathway to get rich and join the flat world and cross that line into the middle class.
Just found this interesting phone deal today. If you buy this phone system from Ooma for $200, you get free phone service. Looks like they make a decent amount of money from the phone system sale, then are counting on people to upgrade to their “premier” service for a second phone line and other features for $9/mo.
I pay around $35/mo for VOIP service after taxes, so hypothetically it would pay for itself in 6 months, then I’d be saving $35 a month ($420 a year).
The main negative is if they go out of business, your phone service is gone and you run the risk of a major hassle getting your number ported to a new service. As Robert Heinlein said, TANSTAAFL!
The reviews at Amazon are very positive, but if anyone has any personal experience with this company I’d be interested in hearing it.
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