Mr Khan said:
Marks said:
richardhutnik said:
Marks said:
How anyone can support high taxes just boggles my mind. It just does not compute with me...like trying to divide by zero.
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And because you benefit from a society, that has government services that help produce a good society, and get the benefits of such, and don't pay taxes, doesn't mean that isn't stealing either.
EVERYTHING has a cost. If you don't like the idea of civilization, which has governments, then get off the Internet and go to the ocean. The fact you speak of tax dollars as stealing, and then post on the Internet, is pretty much of a sign that you don't realize the costs associated with things, or realize the role tax dollars paid in it. In fact, everyone who complains that "taxes are theft" should stop using anything that is paid for with tax dollars, and that includes the Internet.
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I'm fine with a reasonable amount of taxing to pay for military, roads, firefighters, policemen and courts (plus maybe a couple other things)... but before the Reagan tax cuts we were talking 80% taxes for the highest bracket...how anyone can support that is what I don't understand.
And how can you say taxes aren't theft? Just because you get something for the money they take doesn't mean it's something you want. If I put a gun to your head and made you give me $60...then I bought you a copy of Madden NFL 13 you wouldn't necessarily be happy because maybe if I didn't steal that $60 you would have bought Borderlands 2 instead or some other game you wanted more. You see what I mean? It drives me nuts when my tax dollars go towards programs and funding that I absolutely do no support.
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Because taxes aren't theft. It's a simple, categorical thing.
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What do you even mean by that?
Taxes are by definition theft:
noun
1.
the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away ofthe personal goods or property of another; larceny.
The only part of that definition you could argue taxes don't fit in with is the word "wrongful". But when my tax dollars go to some stupid program that I don't support and is basically a waste of money, I do consider it wrongful. Foreign Aid and "Nation Building" drive me the most insane because they are millions of tax dollars that are leaving the country and we will never see again.
