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Money is time made tangible - the time invested in the earning of it. Taxation is the confiscation of the earner's time. Although some taxation is necessary, all taxation diminishes freedom.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
Journalist
Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
Freedom
Diminishes
Money
Invested
Made
Taxation
Time
Tangible
Diminish
Earning
Although
Earner
Necessary
Confiscation

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