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It’s absurd, in my opinion, to think that the society that created the opportunities you have to earn money ought to be enjoyed by you at no cost. We can’t all

• Apocryphon 6y ago
  It's also incredibly ahistorical.
• exabrial 6y ago
  It came at such a great cost in fact. The vast majority of your taxes are simply wasted. If the US Government were on Charity Navigator they would have a 0-star rating. It'a absurd to defend such a position, especially one rooted in a traditional of violence via arguments that were used to justify the enslavement of entire races.
  • syops 6y ago
    We aren’t talking about whether the tax rate should be lower or better spent. We are talking about whether or not they ought to exist at all. Bringing in, now, the fact that some are wasted is not relevant to the discussion. The arguments for taxation have nothing to do with the arguments for slavery. This is a false equivalence.
    • fuzzfactor 6y ago
      If you could do the math, there are millions of Americans whose ancestors accomplished so much over so many generations, both before and after income taxes were first levied, that if one year's worth of collected income taxes would have been invested wisely right there on Wall Street as early as possible there would be no income taxes necessary at all by now.