As I recall from my history, it wasn't about tyranny.
A bunch of slave owners didn't want to pay taxes.
Guess it depends on how you look at it.
cjc
On 19 Feb 2016, at 11:44 AM, David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
There's much more distrust of government in the US, I imagine, than in NZ, Tony. We're three hundred thirty million people, many more than NZ, and we fought a war against a tyranny for our independence, whereas, as I understand, NZ independence just sort of evolved gently over time. Also, as a relatively small country, you're probably very much like a big family. It's been two hundred years since that could be said of America.I see, that does sort of make sense, as to the almost 100% agreement to keep the Govt away. Govts tend to have a negative face to the public, ironic as the public elected them, and often for 2 or more terms. There is a high lack of trust by Americans on the Govt, more than elsewhere? ((Thats a genuine question, not an argumentative comment)
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