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> Except, implicitly, government itself. A "libertarian IRS" does not mean an IRS that is unfettered by Congress. "Libertarian IRS" has as much meaning as "veg
by Cyberdog 9y ago
> Except, implicitly, government itself. A "libertarian IRS" does not mean an IRS that is unfettered by Congress.
"Libertarian IRS" has as much meaning as "vegan foie gras." I have no idea how to parse this statement.
- CalChris 9y agoActually, the Romans put taxation up for bid, tax farming. Isn't that a libertarian IRS? The winning bidder bid the highest rate and then was granted the right to extract it from the province. Cicero made his legal bones prosecuting Verres who had plundered Sicily. Yes, it was a province but Sicilians were also Roman citizens and it was a Roman province. Verres actually crucified Sicilians at the beach facing Rome. Not a nice guy.
- Cyberdog 9y agoI'm so confused. Are you saying that a libertarian society would permit people to arbitrarily tax others? Because they gained the right to do so somehow? Do you actually understand anything about libertarianism at all?
- CalChris 9y agoI understand plenty about libertarianism. The Rome example was a digression about taxation. In Rome, the taxman was not the state but rather a sole proprietor more akin to a corporation. Did that make his over reach any better? No. I have no idea what a libertarian society would do since it is a theoretical construct. You could have a libertarian city or even state but somehow practice falls well short of theory. Y'all prefer to live here rather than there. I too prefer to live here. Must be a reason for that. You can't imagine a libertarian IRS. Yeah, well it does sound kinda funny. But then I can't imagine a libertarian corporation either and again, I understand plenty about libertarianism. I only understand Delaware C corporations in each of the 50 states.