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Agreed. Consider if theft if the total amount after deductions is more than is spent by the government on your ability to conduct business and earn a living. St

Agreed. Consider if theft if the total amount after deductions is more than is spent by the government on your ability to conduct business and earn a living. Start, for example, with your police whose existence I'd posit is a large reason you can fill a home with expensive goods and park a nice car in a driveway. Also: it's fairly easy to pay lower taxes with a good accountant. A cry to lower taxes is made by the elite to convince the middle class to vote for corporate-friendly interests.

krath94 9y ago
Most people that say Taxation is theft aren't literally calling for zero taxes though. It's just a saying, and definitely a hyperbole. There are definitely specific functions of the government that need tax funds. They should get the funds. But the amount we pay in taxes to the federal government is outrageous and most of us don't see a return on our "investment." The only people that 100% literally mean taxation is theft are anarchists.
- mannykannot 9y ago
  > Most people that say Taxation is theft aren't literally calling for zero taxes though. It's just a saying, and definitely a hyperbole. Then the best thing would be to just stop saying it, and discuss the substantive issues instead. The real issues of what functions need funding, by how much, and how, is a never-ending debate that isn't helped by trite aphorisms, even if, superficially, they seem to cut the Gordian knot.
- krapp 9y ago
  >The only people that 100% literally mean taxation is theft are anarchists. Because it is an anarchist argument which attempts to equate government to organized crime. Those hyperbolic anarchists are the ones using the term as intended.