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1995-10-10 - Re: NSA Realists v. Nuts

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-10-10 00:23:42 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 9 Oct 95 17:23:42 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 95 17:23:42 PDT
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Subject: Re: NSA Realists v. Nuts
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As much as I agree with Duncan on this topic, it really isn't
cypherpunks material. We are getting very far afield of
cryptography. Could we please take this to private mail or
talk.politics.libertarian or some such?

Duncan Frissell writes:
> 2400 Americans are imprisoned every year for federal income tax 
> violations.  Approximately one person is killed every year in arrests 
> involving federal income tax violations.  Millions of man-years are spent 
> annually in involuntary servitude to comply with tax laws.  Public 
> employees should be aware of the fact that their contribution to society 
> is of such low value that it will not be paid for without a gun to the 
> customer's head.

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