PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM

TAXES AGAIN, AND THE DEBATE IN THE STATES: THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW FOR STARTERS — WHAT IS NEEDED THAT CAN BEST BE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND WHO SHOULD PAY FOR IT.  ABOUT THE FORMER, IT SEEMS THAT THE NECESSARY KINDNESSES ARE OFTEN NOT IDENTIFIED BY THE PEOPLE WITHOUT NEED AS NECESSARY AND ONLY GOVERNMENT CAN BE COUNTED ON TO PROVIDE THE COLLECTIVE CARING THAT MAKES A COHERENT SOCIETY COHERE.  ABOUT THE LATTER, THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE TO ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN OBVIOUS — THE ONES WHO BENEFIT THE MOST IN SOCIETY SHOULD PAY THE MOST FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF MEMBERSHIP IN THAT SOCIETY.  AND SINCE ALL THE WORKINGS OF SOCIETY HAVE IN THEIR TOTALITY REWARDED THE RICH UNEQUALLY, THE RICH SHOULD PAY UNEQUALLY.