Of course you can quit paying taxes, just don't work.
So what you're saying is, if people don't want to have their money stolen from them by the government... the solution is for those people to stop working? That's the choice?
Why should people not be able to work, and keep all of the money they worked their asses off to earn, instead of having some freeloading government take a large portion from them?
People deserve to have complete control over their lives and wallets. That's what real "freedom" is all about.
This is much like if you don't want to pay for anything else, it means going without the benefits of what you'd otherwise payed for.
Civilization costs money.
Of course civilization costs money. That doesn't justify taxation.
When you need to buy something, what do you do? YOU pull out YOUR wallet and make the decision to pay for what you need, right? You need to drink water so you pay the water company; you need a car so you pay the car dealer; you need food so you pay the grocery store... right?
You can buy things without the government having to tax everyone and buy it for you, so there is no reason why we couldn't have a civilization without taxation -- that is, the legalized theft of money from innocent citizens.
Theft and extortion is wrong, no matter who does it, no matter what law written on paper says its okay, and no matter what the talking heads on TV or the text books in your schools say.
So according to you, no taxes equals Somalia and chaos... so that must mean taxes equals everything being just perfect, fine, and dandy, right?
I can spit out names of countries, too: China, Cuba, Libya, Sudan, Zimbabwe... I could go on. All countries with governments. All countries with taxes. Tell me, would you like to move to any of the aforementioned countries and, say, raise a family there?
Enjoy having a large portion of your paycheck stolen by your rulers! I mean, it's not like you have a choice or anything.
The name "Fair Tax" is an oxymoron. There is no such thing as a "fair" tax. Taxes are not optional; you cannot voluntarily decide not to pay taxes without the risk of imprisonment (now that's what I call freedom).
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So what you're saying is, if people don't want to have their money stolen from them by the government... the solution is for those people to stop working? That's the choice?
Why should people not be able to work, and keep all of the money they worked their asses off to earn, instead of having some freeloading government take a large portion from them?
People deserve to have complete control over their lives and wallets. That's what real "freedom" is all about.
Of course civilization costs money. That doesn't justify taxation.
When you need to buy something, what do you do? YOU pull out YOUR wallet and make the decision to pay for what you need, right? You need to drink water so you pay the water company; you need a car so you pay the car dealer; you need food so you pay the grocery store... right?
You can buy things without the government having to tax everyone and buy it for you, so there is no reason why we couldn't have a civilization without taxation -- that is, the legalized theft of money from innocent citizens.
Theft and extortion is wrong, no matter who does it, no matter what law written on paper says its okay, and no matter what the talking heads on TV or the text books in your schools say.
Ahh okay so you want to play that game.
So according to you, no taxes equals Somalia and chaos... so that must mean taxes equals everything being just perfect, fine, and dandy, right?
I can spit out names of countries, too: China, Cuba, Libya, Sudan, Zimbabwe... I could go on. All countries with governments. All countries with taxes. Tell me, would you like to move to any of the aforementioned countries and, say, raise a family there?
Enjoy having a large portion of your paycheck stolen by your rulers! I mean, it's not like you have a choice or anything.
The name "Fair Tax" is an oxymoron. There is no such thing as a "fair" tax. Taxes are not optional; you cannot voluntarily decide not to pay taxes without the risk of imprisonment (now that's what I call freedom).
The only fair tax is the one that doesn't exist.