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Why do you assume taxes are a payment for services? In most cases there is no written contract with rights and obligations of each party and there is no implied
by AdrianB1 5y ago
Why do you assume taxes are a payment for services? In most cases there is no written contract with rights and obligations of each party and there is no implied right or obligation of any sort.
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoNo, not at all. But being a Baron over somebody may have obligations? If they were not rendered (it was all neglected for 60 years) perhaps something could be negotiated based on that. E.g. the baron provides protection - that certainly wasn't happening. And I do note that there's obligation to the Baron's lord. Doing an appeal there is another route.
- FpUser 5y ago>"Why do you assume taxes are a payment for services?" Because the only alternative in this case is the outright theft. >"there is no implied right or obligation of any sort." Sorry but there is implied obligation. I totally expect to get some services in return for money taken from me and I suspect I am not alone. For experiment try sending part of government that does actual services for constituents for a year long vacation and see what happens.
- kidme 5y agoThe easy loophole is to spend the money on corruption that benefits you. Like $10 goes to the road, 90$ goes to the road company that finances the road and gives 500k in lobbying money. This is trivial to get around. Just increase the tax $10.
- dantheman 5y agoTaxes are theft.
- w0de0 5y agoGive to Caeser what is the Caesar's.
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoSomebody else said "property is theft". Different strokes.
- clarkmoody 5y agoAlternate experiment: try to force the government to perform a service for you.
- FpUser 5y agoIt actually does happen every once in a while
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoThere are entire industries specialized on doing this. Search for "disability lawyer".
- AdrianB1 5y agoIf you expect something it does not make it an obligation for the other party to deliver. Maybe that alternative is true?
- afiori 5y agoIf I hold stock in a company I receive magic free money without doing anything. There is a substantial difference in how the relation is created though
- samatman 5y agoIt's not always that different. Depending on the jurisdiction, feudal titles could be bought and sold, or not. If so, it's quite similar really.
- afiori 5y agoI was referring to how you enter and exit the contract, a comapany only pais stockholders if it is productive in at least some ways, while the renter can be trapped in a terrible expensive place that offers little value.
- Arrath 5y agoIf these descendants are trying to claim an old form of payment, why, in concept, can't the residents invoke a similarly old form of responsibility like Noblesse Oblige?