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Tax is not coercion, we live in a democracy. You pay tax because society has decided to fund certain things via contributions from all. It's like the membership

Tax is not coercion, we live in a democracy. You pay tax because society has decided to fund certain things via contributions from all. It's like the membership fee in a club used to pay for the clubhouse. If you don't like it, stop using the facilities and leave. I pay my taxes willingly to fund schools, hospitals, police, justice - all the basic infrastructure needed to maintain civilization. I vote to influence the priorities with which this money is spent. Have you all forgotten how to nation or what?

AdrianB1 7y ago
Democracy does not exclude coercion, it's just coercion of the minority by the majority. Tell me you have the option not to pay any taxes ... can you? I grew up and lived in a Communist country, such a speech is not touching me for a very long time. Sorry for the insensitivity to your bubble.
- turbinerneiter 7y ago
  I do have the option to not pay taxes - I just have to cease to use any of the things that are provided with tax money. Including a passport. What does you growing up in a communist regime have to do with any of what I'm saying? Are there even taxes in communist systems? Seriously, how do you pay for policemen without taxes? And without policemen, who protects your property from theft? How do you imagine a capitalist system to work without courts? And I really do not understand what you think my bubble is and how you think you are insensitive to it. I'm not promoting communism here and stop acting like there is only communism or complete radical free market anarchy.
  - AdrianB1 7y ago
    Yes, taxes are paid in communist countries. In the discussion about taxes vs. compassion, paying for policemen has more options between communism and complete radical free market anarchy. But it is not the subject of the discussion, policemen don't work for compassion, they don't buy food with it and don't pay the bills with it.

AdrianB1 7y ago

Democracy does not exclude coercion, it's just coercion of the minority by the majority. Tell me you have the option not to pay any taxes ... can you? I grew up and lived in a Communist country, such a speech is not touching me for a very long time. Sorry for the insensitivity to your bubble.

turbinerneiter 7y ago
I do have the option to not pay taxes - I just have to cease to use any of the things that are provided with tax money. Including a passport. What does you growing up in a communist regime have to do with any of what I'm saying? Are there even taxes in communist systems? Seriously, how do you pay for policemen without taxes? And without policemen, who protects your property from theft? How do you imagine a capitalist system to work without courts? And I really do not understand what you think my bubble is and how you think you are insensitive to it. I'm not promoting communism here and stop acting like there is only communism or complete radical free market anarchy.
- AdrianB1 7y ago
  Yes, taxes are paid in communist countries. In the discussion about taxes vs. compassion, paying for policemen has more options between communism and complete radical free market anarchy. But it is not the subject of the discussion, policemen don't work for compassion, they don't buy food with it and don't pay the bills with it.