Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA

On Sat, 25 May 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:

D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:

On Thu, 23 May 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:

D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:

What are you saying? I do not understand what you are saying.

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There are many things that need to be in place for me to feel good about
paying taxes.   Fairness in taxation is one of them.  But there are many
others; if a large portion of the taxes go to funding Mr. Mobutu, I and
many others feel less good about paying taxes, for instance.  Fairness in
taxation is not the only thing but it is certainly an imporant thing.

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There can never be fairness in taxation, since taxation is theft. Or are
you of the opinion that what is forbidden for individuals should be
allowed by the government?

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Taxation is part of the social contract that you agree with to live in a

That' incorrect. I have never signed such a contract based on free, informed consent. And anything which is not based on free, informed consent, is not a contract.
I won't agree to any other definitions of that term.

place.  If you don't agree with it, that's okay, you can go live somewhere
else.  As long as there is somewhere else to go, you can't call operating
fees a form a theft.  I think this is where you have gone wrong.

Nope. You are shifting the blame to the victim. I have the most right to my piece of land, that I use and have paid for and no one else. If a bully comes (the government), I fight back. It's absurd to say... oh, you can just leave, that is siding with evil.
So far my fight has pushed down my taxes to about 9% to 14%, but I hope to be able to push it down further still.

--scott
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