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One, as a non-voluntary teetotaller, it really bugs me that people get totally out of their skulls and make unpleasant idiots of themselves with the excuse the following day that they were drunk and therefore not responsible for their actions.
A Long-Winded and Somewhat Reluctant Do & Don't List for Newbies Wanting to Reach Out to Authors 2008
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Our withdrawal, either voluntary or non-voluntary, would have severe psychological repercussions which would, at this critical stage in the European situation, extend far beyond the boundaries of Berlin and even Germany.
Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010
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This week in Maryland politics, there will be some other disclosures -- of the non-voluntary kind.
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Idealism Schelling had already described nature by the term "unconscious," though only in the sense of something non-conscious or non-voluntary that works synchronously with spirit (208, 210).
'The Abyss of the Past': Psychoanalysis in Schelling's Ages of the World (1815) 2008
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You are right regarding the purpose of the tithe, to help raise the status of the poor (every three years) and, otherwise annually, for the Levites who had the tasks of providing services such as administration of capital (and other) justice in cooperation with local councils — but the purpose to which a tithe/tax is put does not change the fact of it being a tax, a statutorily mandated non-voluntary levy.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims 2009
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The problem with the costs comes when someone else makes non-voluntary payments to support some stranger's lifespan.
Health Care and Cost-Effectiveness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Any talk about non-voluntary redistribution of wealth, whether by progressive taxation or adjustments in the conventions of international trade that will protect emerging economies for a period, will threaten a purely abstract account of rights and freedoms.
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The problem with the costs comes when someone else makes non-voluntary payments to support some stranger's lifespan.
Health Care and Cost-Effectiveness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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*I am thinking of both voluntary and non-voluntary service.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Right to Bear Arms and 18-to-20-Year-Olds 2009
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You are right regarding the purpose of the tithe, to help raise the status of the poor (every three years) and, otherwise annually, for the Levites who had the tasks of providing services such as administration of capital (and other) justice in cooperation with local councils — but the purpose to which a tithe/tax is put does not change the fact of it being a tax, a statutorily mandated non-voluntary levy.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims 2009
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