Difference between revisions of "It's my money!"
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{{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 there might be many pre-existing claims against your income, including taxes. Rents, alimony, tithes, debts, etc. Fallaciously used to claim "taxation is theft" and "taxation is slavery". | show=}} | {{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 there might be many pre-existing claims against your income, including taxes. Rents, alimony, tithes, debts, etc. Fallaciously used to claim "taxation is theft" and "taxation is slavery". | show=}} | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | Taxation is not slavery any more than rent or other contracts are slavery. | ||
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