I'm fine with that... as long as the parasite stops having a monopoly over the roads; stops forcing people to pay into Medicare/SS and starts allowing them to choose their own old-age insurance plan (or invest it elsewhere) which would probably be far superior anyway; stops encouraging people to unwisely move into "hurricane alleys" by promising them they'll bail them out even if they irresponsibly don't purchase insurance; etc.
Courts don't need to be paid for with tax dollars; beef irradiation isn't necessary and shouldn't be forced on any beef suppliers (but if customers wish to purchase irradiated beef I'm sure the market would be happy to sell it to them); home schooling is great but there is also such a thing as private schools; and just because the internet was developed with tax dollars doesn't mean it couldn't have been developed without them.
As an analogy, say the government made it so that Windows was the only operating system that was legal to use, create, etc. Not just on PCs but also phones and tablets. Each person must pay a fee of $1000 per year for the "privilege" of using Windows. Try to develop or use an alternative? Enjoy your massive fine, or worse, jailtime. What you are proposing is that under these circumstances those who don't like this should simply not use a PC, tablet, or phone at all. They should instead be glad that Windows exists in the first place, that the government is so kind to allow them to use it, and should be happy about paying their $1000 "fair share". Those who use Windows without paying should be punished because they had the nerve to do what others didn't.
People who don't pay their taxes aren't your heros, they are your parasites.
Incorrect. The people/organizations who collect the taxes are the parasites. People who don't pay their taxes are in essence wearing parasite-repellant.
Blame the parasite, not the person trying to avoid getting leached off of.
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I'm fine with that... as long as the parasite stops having a monopoly over the roads; stops forcing people to pay into Medicare/SS and starts allowing them to choose their own old-age insurance plan (or invest it elsewhere) which would probably be far superior anyway; stops encouraging people to unwisely move into "hurricane alleys" by promising them they'll bail them out even if they irresponsibly don't purchase insurance; etc.
Courts don't need to be paid for with tax dollars; beef irradiation isn't necessary and shouldn't be forced on any beef suppliers (but if customers wish to purchase irradiated beef I'm sure the market would be happy to sell it to them); home schooling is great but there is also such a thing as private schools; and just because the internet was developed with tax dollars doesn't mean it couldn't have been developed without them.
As an analogy, say the government made it so that Windows was the only operating system that was legal to use, create, etc. Not just on PCs but also phones and tablets. Each person must pay a fee of $1000 per year for the "privilege" of using Windows. Try to develop or use an alternative? Enjoy your massive fine, or worse, jailtime. What you are proposing is that under these circumstances those who don't like this should simply not use a PC, tablet, or phone at all. They should instead be glad that Windows exists in the first place, that the government is so kind to allow them to use it, and should be happy about paying their $1000 "fair share". Those who use Windows without paying should be punished because they had the nerve to do what others didn't.
People who don't pay their taxes aren't your heros, they are your parasites.
Incorrect. The people/organizations who collect the taxes are the parasites. People who don't pay their taxes are in essence wearing parasite-repellant. Blame the parasite, not the person trying to avoid getting leached off of.