[Buddha-l] Republicans are happier ?

[paul bennett]

Another option is to stop working for a large salary, taking odd jobs that pay cash or otherwise attempting to maintain your income to the poverty level. I believe this is the choice that the buddha might have chosen. Losing the security blanket of wealth/heathcare etc is difficult but not impossible for somebody not actively raising a family. A householder may not be able to take advantage of this easy, moral escape - but being sent to prison may indeed be a worse choice.

For those lucky few who manage to walk away from the system, paying tax becomes just another social option, to be grouped with giving to charity, church, etc.

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Paul Bennett
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----- Original Message ----
From: Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu>
To: Buddhist discussion forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:32:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Republicans are happier ?

On Wednesday 13 February 2008, Richard Hayes wrote:

> I'm thinking the time is fast approaching when the only morally responsible 
> thing for an American to do is to refuse to pay the 43% of his or her taxes 
> that go toward supporting a militaristic plutocracy that poses as a 
> democracy.