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Money as it currently exists isn't personal property, it's an instrument for managing debt incurred by economic activity. Higher taxes on you are just society s

• malandrew 7y ago
  > Higher taxes on you are just society shifting their priorities away from your interests We shouldn't be prioritizing anyone's interests via an institution with the right to licit first use of force. We have the technology now to charge people directly for the government-provided services they use. If you use it, you should pay for it. Until we start doing this, society is never going to price things properly and prices are the fastest mechanism for a society to communicate what is important. Unilaterally taking away IOUs someone has accumulated without recompense merely deprioritizing someone's interests. It's theft. > it could just be the rebound from society over-subsidizing your lifestyle. what aspects of my lifestyle do you believe society over-subsidizing?
  • bsanr2 7y ago
    >We shouldn't be prioritizing anyone's interests via an institution with the right to licit first use of force. Right. We should leave it to individuals with power and influence accrued during the current era, where we... prioritized some people's interests via an institution with the right to licit first use of force. Usually based on heritage. This is definitely a good idea that you have had. >what aspects of my lifestyle do you believe society over-subsidizing? Depends on what your decadent western trade and hobbies are.