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<!-- you can have any number of categories here --> [[Category:Taxes|180]] [[Category:Taxation Is Theft|300]] [[Category:Property|800]] [[Category:Libertarian Propaganda Terms]] [[Category:Failures Of Libertarian Philosophy]] [[Category:Joint Production]] {{DES | des = Short for "I earned it, so it is entirely my property." The most common libertarian complaint against [[Taxes|taxation]] of income. Completely mistaken because (a) your income is not solely your product and (b) there might be many pre-existing claims against your income, including rents, alimony, tithes, debts, taxes, etc. Fallaciously used to claim "[[Taxation Is Theft|taxation is theft]]" and "taxation is slavery". | show=}} <!-- insert wiki page text here --> Your income is not solely your product: it is always a social product. it relies on the institutions of markets and capitalism which in turn rely on institutions of education, defense, infrastructure, law, taxation, and many others. You have not right to be a freeloader in these institutions, and no individual right to dictate their design. Especially not to declare that they will always treat your pre-tax income as your absolute property. Libertarians call taxes bad names. But all voluntary residents have an obligation to contribute to public expenses. The obligation is voluntarily accepted as a condition of residence, unless emigration is prevented. Just like rent is voluntarily accepted by residence. Taxation is not slavery any more than rent or other contracts are slavery. <!-- DPL has problems with categories that have a single quote in them. Use these explicit workarounds. --> <!-- otherwise, we would use {{Links}} and {{Quotes}} --> {{List|title=It's my money!|links=true}} {{Quotations|title=It's my money!|quotes=true}}
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