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by djschnei 11y ago
Nitpick: Governments don't have "the right" to do anything. We the people consent to grant them abilities. I think reasonable taxation is a perfectly legitimate function of government -- not many would argue that. However,
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by djschnei 11y ago
Ah, "spirit of the law". A favorite of the authoritarian (unless, of course, we are talking constitutional law). At what point do taxes become "taking"? Do they ever? I mean, why isn't the forceful confiscation o
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by djschnei 11y ago
Bingo. This populist/protectionist agenda on both sides of the isle is incredibly troubling. Turns out it's also an incredibly effective way to drum up support. The president "retro-actively" changing tax code does not
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by djschnei 11y ago
Talk about slippery slope...
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by djschnei 11y ago
Thank you for your well thought out opinion. Honestly. I know I come at these issues with a strong personal bias, so it's a good thing for me to hear a well constructed counter argument. I guess I don't really disagree with you
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by djschnei 11y ago
Serious question: Do you consider tax evasion theft?
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by djschnei 11y ago
If only they had sprinkled in the word "democratic"... such a shame...
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by djschnei 11y ago
Well... plenty of people are wrong. Have you seen the current election cycle? :)
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by djschnei 11y ago
I'm going to assume (and I do apologize if I am incorrect) that you're in the Bernie camp? I agree with the lions share of what you just said. But the collusion between big government and big business is entirely culpable for the
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by djschnei 11y ago
You're kind of preaching to the choir here...
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by djschnei 11y ago
I see what you're saying, but I think we disagree on WHY it's a non-question. One person can't lay claim to all private property through voluntary exchange. What was he exchanging for "all" the property? My point
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by djschnei 11y ago
I mean this in the nicest way possible... It's cute that you think that. By that logic, assuming you are a tax payer, you are $159k+ in debt thanks to the government acting on your behalf. http://www.usdebtclock.org/
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by djschnei 11y ago
soooo the steps: 1) nobody owned the land 2) governments formed and took the land 3) now we need to rent our purchased land from the government?
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by djschnei 11y ago
"The basic foundation" might be the wrong way to word it. That would suggest it is the ONLY tenet, which is misleading. However, private property rights are absolutely a tenet of [classic] liberal thinking. > The foundation o
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by djschnei 11y ago
A negative income tax is, imho, the least morally reprehensible replacement for our current welfare state (which is extremely immoral).
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by djschnei 11y ago
I disagree. Rights to locations are a practical necessity to classical liberalism itself, and are not at all at odds with its logic. The basic foundation of liberty is the ability to own private property. I think most (if not all) classi
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by djschnei 11y ago
I think a negative income tax is the only sane way to approach this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtpgkX588nM
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by djschnei 12y ago
Totally agree. Especially since this is far from Ubuntu with GNOME skins. In fact it doesn't use GNOME at all. It's a completely custom built desktop environment.
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“Why privacy matters” - A good watch before Citizenfour tonight(ted.com)
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by djschnei 13y ago
Yea, how dare they spend their money trying to protect their interests.
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by djschnei 13y ago
Do you actively avoid legal tax breaks because you feel the need to pay your "fair share"? I would bet not. Why should Apple act any differently? They don't evade taxes... They actively seek to pay as little as legally obl
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by djschnei 13y ago
Why would you use QEMU over virtualbox? (Serious question)
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California bill proposes mandatory kill-switch on phones and tablets in 2015(networkworld.com)
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