Quote from: FredericBastiat on September 14, 2011, 05:59:56 PM

Quote from: Hawker on September 14, 2011, 05:42:16 PM

Was there a problem? You described a rubbish way to collect tax. I can't see it working if applied to large groups of people.

Yes, but you described it perfectly. It's rubbish. My hypothetical version just makes it more out in the open, where yours conceals it in legalese and societal norms.

Taxing is a concealed means of stealthily plundering from those who don't know you personally, and who are separated by many persons; and when questioned about the acts they commit, summarily state that they are legally empowered by their "authorized agents" whose so-called representatives of the people were voted into office in some "official" manner to create legislation purporting to protect the best interests of the majority.

All in all, it's merely a convenient way to separate the thief from the theft.

Again, you are confusing yourself. The administration of a taxation system may be rubbish but its is still a taxation system. Tax is taking legally; theft is taking illegally.

I think what you are trying to say is that you don't like the idea of law and therefore all actions that are "legal" under the present system are outside the law for you. Its a valid viewpoint but you can't use words like "theft" or "property" if you don't like the idea of law. They are legal creations.