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Don't conflate government with society. Taxes are necessary for the former and have nothing to do with the latter.
by golergka 4y ago
Don't conflate government with society. Taxes are necessary for the former and have nothing to do with the latter.
- vidarh 4y agoIrrelevant to my argument. Read "society" as "those preparing to continue to pay tax" if you wish. The point being that organized societies consists of contracts, and I'm all for making that more so in the sense of letting those who feel coerced into them opt out. But the natural extension of that is that if you choose to owe a government nothing, then it and those who choose to remain part of what it govern has no duty to let you take part of its benefits either, as forcing them to do so would be just as much theft as taxation. You don't get to expect to be able to choose one or the other.