Taxation Is Extortion

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:56:42 GMT  <== Politics ==> 

Marcel Votlucka at Strike the Root - you knew that, but it's always good to be reminded. [root]

If you're wondering how the logic of this admittedly brash remark works itself out, try the following. It's simple; just publicly refuse to pay your taxes. The government will come for you and the police will try to throw you in jail. If you resist, you will be shot. Pay up, or get a bullet in your head. It's essentially the same tactic employed by Mafia thugs.

After a long week's labor, you get the dubious pleasure of having warmongering politicians get 30 to 40 percent of your money out of your paycheck. And it is indeed your money, not theirs. They didn't earn it. They didn't slave away for it. They don't own it. They have no right to demand it from you. And they certainly have no right to take it from you by force. Taxation is essentially extortion.

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I'm not shot

Submitted by David Gross on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:33:28 GMT

The government hasn't come for me, the police haven't tried to throw me in jail (well, not lately, and not for this), and I haven't been shot.

I'm not giving them 30-40% of my paycheck either.

And I don't have to pretend to believe a bunch of bullschiff amateur Constitutional law or declare myself a sovereign citizen of Freedonia, either.

It goes a little like this: http://www.sniggle.net/Experiment/

Maybe more alleged freedom-lovers should play this game.

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