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> What is "robbing" is wealth redistribution disguised as something else, so the people whose wealth is being taken don't know it and don't make a voluntary cho
by zevyoura 11y ago
> What is "robbing" is wealth redistribution disguised as something else, so the people whose wealth is being taken don't know it and don't make a voluntary choice to give it up.
Do you object to taxes in general?
- pdonis 11y ago> Do you object to taxes in general? Strictly speaking, I voluntarily choose to be taxed, because I vote for representatives that make laws that impose those taxes. So I can't say I object to taxes as robbery (though there are extreme libertarians who do view taxation that way).
- zevyoura 11y agoHow is that different than if those representatives chose to enact tax laws that cause wealth distribution (as they currently do)?
- pdonis 11y agoAgain, if elected representatives pass laws that take tax money and give it to people for various reasons--welfare programs--that's not robbery, strictly speaking, because people voluntarily elect the representatives knowing that they are going to redistribute wealth in this way. What's different about a minimum wage is that the wealth redistribution is covert, not overt. The government claims that the minimum wage won't take anything away from anybody. But it does.