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Topic	ITT, you (attempt to) explain why taxation isn't theft...
Mike_Stanton 01/10/18 11:51:03 PM #37:	tote_all posted... "Government spending would be lower if they only do this, this and this." No, government spending would be lower if ~~they spent less money on lots of things~~. tote_all posted... "And how is it stealing to tax people, but it's not stealing to "rent" them the land?" It's not stealing to charge rent on the land, because nobody truly owns the land. Natural resources are commonly owned, hence the government can claim ownership over natural resources like land. Taxing someones income is theft because it's money that THEY earned from THEIR job. The fruit of ones labor belongs to no one else but the individual. --- RIP Butters_1188 2005-2009 Prove me wrong <cite>Mike_Stanton posted [p:893810733] in ITT, you (... [t:76185354]...</cite> <quote><cite>tote_all posted...</cite> <quote>"Government spending would be lower if they only do this, this and this."</quote> No, government spending would be lower if they spent less money on lots of things. <cite>tote_all posted...</cite> <quote>"And how is it stealing to tax people, but it's not stealing to "rent" them the land?" </quote> It's not stealing to charge rent on the land, because nobody truly owns the land. Natural resources are commonly owned, hence the government can claim ownership over natural resources like land. Taxing someones income is theft because it's money that THEY earned from THEIR job. The fruit of ones labor belongs to no one else but the individual. --- RIP Butters_1188 2005-2009 Prove me wrong</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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