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Re: Fair Tax?
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Originally Posted by Evil_inKarlate
That notwithstanding, it is still theft. What is theft? Taking of another's goods without their consent. If taxation were not theft, we could run the government strictly on donations, because most everyone would consent to give amounts comparable to what they currently pay. How many people do you know who would willingly give a quarter or more of their gross income to the government if they had the (unpunishable) option of not doing so?
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"Without their consent"? By consenting to live in a society humans consent to being governed. In a democracy of course the consent to government and taxation is explicit. So there is no "taking of another's goods without their consent".
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