OK, there's not point beating a dead horse here. We'll agree that "something" happens. I think that something is violent and you think it's non-violent.But now you're adding qualifiers. Of course if you resist arrest they're going to make you come with them. You don't have the right to just sit on your lawn when you've been arrested.
I think that income tax is more than unfair, it's immoral. It's not that I don't want to pay. I mean, I want to live with all the amenities we have. I just don't think taking someone's private property by force is immoral (and violent) and so we should think of alternative ways of achieving these goals that are not immoral. I'm happy to pay to use a road. To pay for upkeep. To pay for State road upkeep. I could do this through membership that I choose to be a part of. No membership. Then I have to pay more to drive on the road. How's that sound? We get a road, and usage on it is all voluntary.But again, this isn't what you're talking about. You just don't want to pay taxes. That's what you find unfair, not the way police arrest people.
Income tax was for most of human history considered exactly what it is: Theft.
It's not the same, but there are similarities.And you're not comparing like with like. Taxation is not the same as women being forced to cover their faces. The former enables a society to function, the latter is a dehumanizing mandate drawn from Bronze Age mythology.
People in KSA overwhelmingly think it's immoral not to wear the veil, that society is better for it, and woman should be escorted to Life in prison if they don't wear it.
They make the same argument. You want to be a part of this society and enjoy all it's wondrous sand-dunes. Leave OR wear your Allah damn veil OR go to prison.
People here overwhelmingly think it's immoral not to pay income tax. You want to be a part of this society and enjoy all it's wondrous pot-holes. Leave or pay your God damn income tax or go to prison.
Who knows, maybe in 500 years income tax will be a throwback to Statist iAge Mythology
[Gods damn it, iAge, already a website.....]
OK but we do not need income tax for society to exist, it existed just fine without it. We had roads, schools, philosophy, jigsaw puzzles, medicine, commerce, etc.... all without income tax.In 1910 there were about 130,000 cars in the United States. In 1900 there were about 6,000. For the society we live in today to exist, you have to pay taxes.
I understand there's a worry that some free-loader is going to get away with something. Yeah, that's what's happening right now, as we speak. A Banking cartel is essentially selling the labor of a generation through income tax - which is immoral. Why should the unborn be responsible for over $50,000 of debt on the day they're born? Just because some ass munch wanted to own 5 houses and mansion or build a bridge to nowhere? Surely you can see this is immoral. And then putting them in prison... for LIFE for not wanting to pay for something they never had a say in? That's just not moral.
We can and should do better.
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