Re: Simple reason why I do not think taxation = theft
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But consider this scenario...the majority own the roads and businesses and money, and as a condition of using them, they require you to pay a portion to the collective.
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How did "the majority" come to own these things? Better not say taxes!
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In the US: they were there first, and used the land first in the AC definition. The people that were there first agreed amongst themselves to establish a company with a system of shared land, with control of that land vested in directors, who are voted for every few years by shareholders of the company.
So the government ownership of most land is very valid under your AC rules, as valid as the claims of any private individual.
BTW, the company with shareholders, directors and voting is what we call the US government. Private enterprise FTW.
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BS. Where did the newly formed US government (with support and consent of possibly (not likely though) more than 50% of the population but certainly less than 100) get the right to levy taxes on everyone?
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