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I don't know what happened to me, lately I'm becoming more and more fascist. I thought you should pay where you live but I apologize. Clearly not paying taxes w

I don't know what happened to me, lately I'm becoming more and more fascist. I thought you should pay where you live but I apologize. Clearly not paying taxes was with the best intentions, for a better world.

henvic 5y ago
It is. Taxes are slavery. Not paying them is better for everyone.
- arcticbull 5y ago
  I didn't realize public schools, fire departments, police stations, roads, highways, bridges, army, water, a regulated EM spectrum, a managed airspace, a managed border and NASA, was slavery. It's gonna be tough to explain to my kids how the Mars Helicopter was slavery. Boy was I mistaken!
  - dang 5y ago
    Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 5y ago
  Please don't post flamebait to HN, and please don't use HN for ideological battle. Those things are tedious and lead to predictable, nasty discussion. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=generic%20ideolog%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
throwaway3699 5y ago
My government spent the better part of two decades bombing children in the Middle East. Why should I support that if I can choose not to? Also, can you say I'm not being swindled if I'm spending nearly half my income on taxes?
- varsketiz 5y ago
  I'm sure your government was also doing other stuff, like providing schooling, roads and other infrastructure to you. You are freeriding at the expense of other fellow citizens, who pay taxes.
  - throwaway3699 5y ago
    Taxation without representation causes wars. Tax evasion is civil disobedience.
    - varsketiz 5y ago
      Are you not able to vote?
    - pyrale 5y ago
      That's a very convenient way to exercise civil disobedience.
    - drummer 5y ago
      Taxation is robbery, extortion and slavery.
      - jrockway 5y ago
        I suppose your free kindergarten through grade 12 education, the water you drink from the municipal water system, the roads that were driven on to deliver a computer that can post to HN directly to your door, the DARPA project that became the Internet, etc. are "robbery, extortion, and slavery" as well. Now that we are all robbing, extorting, and enslaving each other... pay your damn taxes.
        throwaway3699 5y ago
        None of that requires a 50% tax rate like you see in some places. I don't think you realise just how much is wasted. Go look at national debt figures, we could get the same things with half the tax. The infrastructure argument is moot, too. Just look at US infrastructure crumbling to bits.

henvic 5y ago

It is. Taxes are slavery. Not paying them is better for everyone.

arcticbull 5y ago
I didn't realize public schools, fire departments, police stations, roads, highways, bridges, army, water, a regulated EM spectrum, a managed airspace, a managed border and NASA, was slavery. It's gonna be tough to explain to my kids how the Mars Helicopter was slavery. Boy was I mistaken!
- dang 5y ago
  Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
dang 5y ago
Please don't post flamebait to HN, and please don't use HN for ideological battle. Those things are tedious and lead to predictable, nasty discussion. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=generic%20ideolog%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

throwaway3699 5y ago

My government spent the better part of two decades bombing children in the Middle East. Why should I support that if I can choose not to? Also, can you say I'm not being swindled if I'm spending nearly half my income on taxes?

varsketiz 5y ago
I'm sure your government was also doing other stuff, like providing schooling, roads and other infrastructure to you. You are freeriding at the expense of other fellow citizens, who pay taxes.
- throwaway3699 5y ago
  Taxation without representation causes wars. Tax evasion is civil disobedience.
  - varsketiz 5y ago
    Are you not able to vote?
  - pyrale 5y ago
    That's a very convenient way to exercise civil disobedience.
  - drummer 5y ago
    Taxation is robbery, extortion and slavery.
    - jrockway 5y ago
      I suppose your free kindergarten through grade 12 education, the water you drink from the municipal water system, the roads that were driven on to deliver a computer that can post to HN directly to your door, the DARPA project that became the Internet, etc. are "robbery, extortion, and slavery" as well. Now that we are all robbing, extorting, and enslaving each other... pay your damn taxes.
      - throwaway3699 5y ago
        None of that requires a 50% tax rate like you see in some places. I don't think you realise just how much is wasted. Go look at national debt figures, we could get the same things with half the tax. The infrastructure argument is moot, too. Just look at US infrastructure crumbling to bits.