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How am I supposed to respond? Here is what you said: So you're against the income tax? Control + f, "income tax" Arguing a straw man is precisely what you di
by valar_m 12y ago
How am I supposed to respond? Here is what you said:
So you're against the income tax?
Control + f, "income tax"
Arguing a straw man is precisely what you did. I said I think it's a bad idea to tax copyright ownership, and you responded by claiming I'm against income taxes.
I'm sorry, but that's just an absurd way to argue. In no way did I make any statement remotely close to arguing against income taxes. That doesn't have anything to do with the topic at hand.
If you're truly interested in a public conversation, then respond to what I actually said.
- icebraining 12y agoI said I think it's a bad idea to tax copyright ownership, and you responded by claiming I'm against income taxes. I wasn't actually claiming anything. I was just asking based on your reply to innguest's post. It wasn't supposed to be an argument related to the tax on copyright. But fair enough, I apologize. In any case, I still think you've stopped reading the second part of my post too soon. I wasn't saying you were arguing against the general idea of taxes, but against a tax [on copyright]. All I meant is, even if the tax is bad for poor people, you can simply make it only apply for people with higher incomes and corporations. It's not actually a good argument against a tax [on copyright].