Hindu Narrative

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I guess we will have to be kicked out <!--emo&:bcow--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/b_cowboy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='b_cowboy.gif' /><!--endemo-->.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But, I wonder where your argument will take you.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Don't you see you are doing a slippery slope argument.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->If the govt decides that the tax that you should pay is 100%, what would be your stand? Would you still consider it unethical to evade that tax?

BTW, I am not being very unrealistic when I say 100%. Here is a link of the US tax rates. Read points 2 and 3.
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It certainly is unrealistic. #2 and #3 were under difficult and war times. A country needs resources to wage a war.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->If no, where do you draw the line?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's where democratic norms come in. We talk and thrash out ideas, and take the solution that is best for the situation. I am not advocating 100% tax, all I am saying is government needs taxes to do its job.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Also, what if India's government was replaced by a <b>dictatorship</b>? Would you still consider it unethical to evade that tax?
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You know they say in Tamil "Abathakku paavam illai" (It is not a sin for dangerous times).

I am saying it is wrong to kill, and you are asking what if somebody was going to attack you? Defending and in the process killing is a different issue, right? So seems our arguments.