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o f th e b u d g e t g o e s to h u m a n r e s o u r c e s a n d o n ly
t w e n t y - e i g h t p e r c e n t o f i t g o e s to th e m i l i t a r y .
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s e p a r a t e s o u r c e s , a n d c a n o n ly b e s p e n t a s th e
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b u t in h o w c l o s e l y o u r l i v e s r e f l e c t th e v a l u e s
w e a r e c a l l e d by th e g o s p e l to b e l i v i n g . " T h e y
a r e n o t t a x e v a d e r s , s t r e s s e s M u f ti, a n d t h e y
a r e n o t a n a r c h i s t s . " T h e j u s t i f i c a t i o n f o r th e
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a s k s a n i n d i v i d u a l to c o n t r i b u t e to th e c o m m o n
g o o d , a n d t h e y h a v e a r i g h t to d o t h a t . T h e
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t h a t r e p r e s e n t s a n u n p r e c e d e n t e d t h r e a t to th e
c o m m o n g o o d . O u r r e s p o n s e i s t h a t w e w ill
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i t s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o w a r d s th e c o m m o n g o o d ."
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b i l i t y f o r t h e n e e d s o f o t h e r s . " D o n 't r e f e r to
th e p r o b l e m e l s e w h e r e , d o n 't d e f e r i t, t a k e c a r e
o f i t . " I n t h e p a s t , t h i s h a s m e a n t t h a t th e
M c N a s s o r s r a n a s o u p k itc h e n a n d o p e n e d
t h e i r h o m e to t h e h o m e l e s s in a c o m m u n i t y
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h o u s e in t h e n o r t h e a s t s e c t i o n o f t h e c i t y w ith
t h e i r f iv e c h i l d r e n . T h e y a r e n o w in th e p r o ­
c e s s of r e e v a lu a tin g th e i r ta x r e s i s t a n c e . b e -
c a u s e " th e i n c r e a s e in r e n t m e a n s e v e n i f w e
d o n 't e a t , w e h a v e to e a r n e n o u g h to o w e t a x e s , "
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s a r s f i g u r e d t h e y c o u ld e a r n s e v e n t h o u s a n d
d o l la r s a y e a r w ith o u t in c u r r in g t a x e s . N ow ,
t h e i r r e n t a lo n e is s ix th o u s a n d d o l l a r s a y e a r .
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s i s t s la r g e ly of liv in g u n d e r ta x a b le in c o m e ,
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h i g h ly c o n t r o v e r s i a l f e d e r a l t e l e p h o n e t a x . T h e
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