[africanboy]

> I don't agree that they should take my money

I'm not American so I can be mistaken, but isn't it written in the American Constitution that government has the power to tax citizens?

In that case it's the price to pay to be part of the community, like it or not.

Coming from Italy I can only say that mafia doesn't do what they do because some fundamental law that defines a Country and is accepted by every political party gives them the power to do it, but only because they have the means to force other people to follow their own rules, they are violent criminals, out of the law.

Also: being prosecuted in a due process and eventually arrested it's not the same thing as being killed because some mob boss feels like it.

[ALittleLight]

I'm not contesting that there are documents and laws, including the constitution, that say the government has the power to tax me (and others). I'm pointing out that I wasn't a part of creating those laws and I never agreed to them. In other words, if paying taxes was optional - I wouldn't pay.

At least, I wouldn't pay the amount I currently do. I might pay 1%-2% of what I currently pay. I think some of what the government does is valuable but most of it isn't valuable and lots of it is immoral.

[africanboy]

> In other words, if paying taxes was optional - I wouldn't pay.

well that's kinda true for everybody, I guess...

> At least, I wouldn't pay the amount I currently do.

I pay a global 43% on my salary which is not even in the 5 zeroes, but I am fine with it as long as everybody else do their part according to what they have.

The problem in my country is that many don't and the majority of them is in the high income spectrum