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I don't think we should let politicians sneak this through unless we're confident that the public actually understands what is being proposed. We shouldn't let
by mindcrime 7y ago
I don't think we should let politicians sneak this through unless we're confident that the public actually understands what is being proposed.
We shouldn't let politicians sneak this through regardless of what the public understands. Taxation is theft.
- munk-a 7y agoThat's a rather extreme viewpoint, I would counter with the view that actual theft is theft and taxation paying to apprehend criminals, recover stolen property and discourage crime is actually the only thing between us and rampant theft.
- mindcrime 7y agoI don't think it's extreme at all. It only seems that way because we've all be conditioned to accept taxation as something normal. But there's no particular reason why that must be so. And, as Bastiat points out, the Law is nothing more than the collective extension to our individual rights, and so can have no legitimate authority beyond what an individual can do. I can't collect money from you under threat of use of violent force, no matter how noble my intentions for that money. Ergo, "the law" / "the state" / "society" likewise have no standing to do so, except "might makes right".