01-04-2019, 02:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-04-2019, 02:04 PM by CaptainHenreh.)
(01-04-2019, 01:54 PM)Ken Wrote:(01-04-2019, 01:51 PM)Apoc Wrote: Or voting Libertarian and building a local government that enacts policies that push us in this direction.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_Project
So this area, would have no roads, no existing power, NOTHING that was initially provided by good ol' fashion tax dollars?
I can point to a number of historic states where *everything* came from coercion, aka "good ole fashioned tax dollars".
They aren't nice places.
(01-04-2019, 01:59 PM)Ken Wrote:(01-04-2019, 01:50 PM)Kaan Wrote: you are missing the biggest point.... "they" understand that taxes are necessary, the level of taxation and what that tax is spent on is what burns the britches.
I don't think there is a single person in this thread that would disagree with this. The problem comes when this logic is somehow extended to taxation is now theft and we don't need taxes.
If taxation is theft, it is immoral. If it is immoral, then the use of said stolen money must be used for an even greater good, or I am wronged twice.
It's more than just "well I don't like when the government wastes money", it's "The citizenry has a moral obligation to keep this theft to a bare minimum and make sure it is spent well."