Is taxing statists a robbery?
Let's say a statist (for example a minarchist) who thinks government should exist and provide certain services is not satisfied with his tax money going to a particular service he thinks government...
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I'm not sure, but I guess it has something to do with what kind of "social contract" he/she has accepted. If someone accepts something I like to call "democratic social contract", then he/she accepts...
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But they didn't sign any contract. You can't simply imply that, even for statists.
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If it's all voluntary, that's a private business arrangement. What makes it a state is you HAVE to pay. It probably feels easier to think of it as voluntary, but the IRS is one of many armed federal...
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I am of the opinion that taxing statists is pointless. Merely an accounting trick. As for statists having an opinion about where the money is spent. If they are in charge of spending an allocated...
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Eugene, I never said anyone signed a contract. I don't think signing is really the only way to subject yourself under a social contract. There are other ways. E.g. you can just say "Hey, I believe in...
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I would call that user fees, and I see no problem with user fees assuming that: 1) there is no monopoly status given to the service provider 2)It is in no way funded by those who do not use the...
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Yes there is robbery taking place. If the minarchist in question tried to withold that part of the taxes that go toward education from the tax people they would send the police against him.
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people in a state agree that decisions will be made without a unanimous consent towards that particular decision, business run the same way. i have not seen a business that requires unanimous consent...
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There's an easy way to find out: make taxes voluntary and see how many statists still pay them. Clayton -
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how is voluntary payment a test for whether something is robbery? if mcdonalds won't give me free food, it is robbing me? how is spending money on something i dont like robbery? if mcdonalds uses the...
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if mcdonalds uses the money i spend to serve beef and i don't like beef served, is mcdonalds robbing me? I would say a more fitting hypothetical would be: If I go to McDonalds and order a burger for...
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how is voluntary payment a test for whether something is robbery? If you voluntarily pay for something - ceteris paribus - it's clearly not a robbery. Robbery is, by definition, involuntary payment...
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