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Board Politics & Society
Re: Why do people think income tax is ok?
by
uranian
on 24/01/2014, 16:40:54 UTC
...it's not stealing if you willingly give up something.

For the umpteenth time, I do not willingly pay tax. I pay tax because I don't want to:

a) Go to prison;
b) Leave my friends and family;
c) Live off the work of others.

You can call those 'choices' if you want - same way as if you were mugged at knifepoint in the street, you might 'choose' to give up your wallet to avoid being stabbed. Doesn't make it voluntary, does it?

I don't know if hilariousandco is just playing devil's advocate or if he's a serial liar:

I pretend to be a woman online and set up a website pretending to be a financial dominatrix. Every now and again I get random shit sent to me from my Amazon Wishlist and I smile. Men are idiots.

But I don't think there's much point debating someone who is obviously not being intellectually honest.