| > But thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it. This topic is actually very important to me and I feel quite strongly about it and intend to write more in detail about it, so hearing people's perception helps I can add some more color. I find it interesting because I largely agree with your stance on taxation, but could not disagree more strongly about the comparison to slavery. My first reaction is entirely visceral, "This is an obscene and offensive comparison." After some less reactionary thought, it still sounds ridiculous. You can't choose to stop being a slave. At any point, you can choose to stop paying taxes (either illegally or by ceasing to earn income). If you had adequate resources, you could live off of the land entirely on your own and keep all of the fruits of your labor. At many lower incomes, there is no income tax bill due whatsoever. So you're saying the government is enslaving the wealthy to a greater extent than the poor? And you honestly think that? The government represents the will of the people, via democratic action, we set our own tax rates. So the 'people' are enslaving themselves? I don't think that makes any logical sense whatsoever. Call income tax 'theft' if you must (a comparison I still disagree with) but slavery doesn't hold up and distracts the conversation. |