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Re:In Colorado, an Ambitious New Highway Policy Is Not Build... by nullindividual on Friday May 31, 2024 @10:18AM (#40535519)
People may use sin taxes or similar as an outward excuse, but I doubt rational individuals want to overthrow the government because they are paying an extra 25 cents for soda or haven't had their wetlands paved over for additional parking spaces.
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Re:In Colorado, an Ambitious New Highway Policy Is Not Build... by adolph on Friday May 31, 2024 @11:19AM (#40536304)
Goalpost movement noted.

Is being "driven by the cattle prod" a valid excuse to hold views described as "distrusts or dislikes the government?"

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Re:In Colorado, an Ambitious New Highway Policy Is Not Build... by nullindividual on Sunday June 02, 2024 @12:21PM (#40555293)
No goal posts were moved, but nice try. You also seem to be under the false assumption that the cattle prod is a real device in this scenario.
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Re:In Colorado, an Ambitious New Highway Policy Is Not Build... by adolph on Sunday June 02, 2024 @09:56PM (#40558704)
Moving from a maximally coercive metaphorical “cattle prod” to a minimal “sin tax” is classic. Go on

https://medium.com/bigger-picture/what-is-a-motte-bailey-aad...

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