Re: Simple reason why I do not think taxation = theft
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At best this argument could run that it's not theft from the people who don't think it's theft but it's definitely theft from me. I do not want to pay taxes!
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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.
How is this wrong? It seems perfectly valid from a private property perspective. Just because some explicit contract isn't drawn up, doesn't mean there isn't an implicit one.
And you CAN buy a property out in the woods somewhere, and produce or trade what you like, without paying taxes. So the argument seems reasonable to me. You use the collective's resources? Then the owners of those resources require you to pay a lump sum for their use. If you don't use them, or don't benefit sufficiently from them, then you don't have to pay.
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