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by hyperbovine 5782 days ago
There is no moral difference between the mugger's threat to shoot you for not forking over and the government's threat to take your property or throw you in jail for not forking over.

I usually don't bother responding to this sort of tripe, but it's so easy to prove you wrong that I couldn't resist.

The difference is that, if you really feel that taxes are such an injustice, you are free to leave. Voila, end of problem. Would that I had had that option when I was robbed at gunpoint at couple years ago.

Seriously, put your money where your mouth is and light out for that splendid anarchic paradise you and your ilk dream of so fervently. No one is stopping you and you wouldn't be missed.

What's that? There's no WalMart or fire department in Mogadishu? Bummer...