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your position that taxation in the US is wrong is an extraordinary claim If you scan back up the thread, you'll see that I haven't made any such claim. My stat
by CWuestefeld 16y ago
your position that taxation in the US is wrong is an extraordinary claim
If you scan back up the thread, you'll see that I haven't made any such claim. My statement was that this is a valid moral theory, and can't be dismissed out-of-hand (as you are continuing to do).
That is, I haven't argued in agreement to the poster above, I've just called you (and others) out because you've shouted him down with negative votes, without actually addressing his viewpoint.
Now that I think about it, this just might be the heart of what Krugman was referring to. If people are so dismissive of these concerns, then it should hardly be surprising that others having these values are left angry and frustrated.
- kenjackson 16y agoSorry, my argument about the extraordinary claim was against the poster who was downvoted, not you. I'm not sure what a "valid" moral theory is. What I do know is that he made a claim that no reasonable person that I know would agree with. And provided no evidence to back it up. This is trolling. When you say that Wiles proof of Fermat's Last Theorem is wrong, with no evidence, that is trolling. When you say Ruby is strictly superior to any other programming language, with no evidence, that is trolling. When you say that taxes are morally wrong, with no argument for it, that is trolling. And trolling gets people downvoted. That's my argument against you. :-)