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French riots over retirement age, a lesson to learn.

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03-24-2023, 06:48 PM

(03-24-2023, 05:15 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:
(03-24-2023, 12:13 PM)mikesez Wrote: A reasonable person must yield the point that taxation is not theft. 
That doesn't mean that all taxation is justified or good.
Taxation that is too high or that is spent on things the people don't want is tyranny and must be resisted.  But it's tyranny, not theft.

The hell it isn't theft. If we don't pay taxes on property we own the government will eventually take it away from us and that means we don't truly own the property. 

If I don't pay annual property tax and registration fee on my truck they make sure I can't drive it legally.

The government doesn't want us to own anything so they make sure we don't by taxing us and if we don't pay they confiscate. 

We get no say in paying taxes at the grocery store, the restaurant, the movie theater, the hair salon, the pet store. 

THAT IS THEFT.

Government determines who owns what.
From the time of colonization by Europeans, land here was first claimed by governments, who then divided it up and issued deeds to individuals and corporations.
You do get a say, when you vote. 
If you don't get a vote, that is probably tyranny, but it is still not theft.
My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.
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homebiscuit - by homebiscuit - 03-24-2023, 06:35 AM
homebiscuit - by homebiscuit - 03-24-2023, 10:56 AM
RE: French riots over retirement age, a lesson to learn. - by mikesez - 03-24-2023, 06:48 PM
Copycat - by copycat - 03-25-2023, 09:35 PM



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