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Do you mean, "Let's not pay taxes" as a revolutionary tactic? Would that really work in the world of complex financial instruments, deficit spending, internatio
by drhayes9 13y ago
Do you mean, "Let's not pay taxes" as a revolutionary tactic? Would that really work in the world of complex financial instruments, deficit spending, international aid, etc?
The implicit violence argument behind taxes never held a lot of water with me. I pay taxes because I like interstates, Pell grants, enforcement of certain federal regulations (environmental, labor, etc), among other things.
- gohrt 13y agoDo those other things include Farm Bill, foreign wars, Gitmo, interntional aid to all the various regimes that receive it...?
- drhayes9 13y agoIf the Farm Bill supported welfare, then yes. The others... not so much. But those things aren't direct effects of taxes, they're the direct result of legislative and executive action that can be, in part, enabled by taxes. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.