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I'm excited that you're stumbled into "taxation is theft" :) Yup, taxation is inherently immoral, and they will lock you in a cage if you don't pay. But. As lo

I'm excited that you're stumbled into "taxation is theft" :) Yup, taxation is inherently immoral, and they will lock you in a cage if you don't pay. But. As long as we're comfortable taxing people, then why is it unjust to tax in this way? We're taxing in a way that allows the land to be better utilized for _everyone_. Additionally, this person who bought this property decades can probably sell the property for a pretty penny, and move to a cheaper area, and have plenty of cash leftover.

jrochkind1 9y ago
> lock you in a cage if you don't pay. I'm pretty sure you can not actually be imprisoned for failure to pay income taxes. You can be for filing fraudulent tax returns though. You can have the IRS take money from your bank account for not filing taxes though.
klipt 9y ago
> I'm excited that you're stumbled into "taxation is theft" :) Yup, taxation is inherently immoral, and they will lock you in a cage if you don't pay. Okay, let's reframe it this way: the people collectively own all land through a corporation called The Government, where each person of voting age gets one voting share. The Government rents out land to individuals for a fee equal to the Land Value Tax...