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I feel like I'm in crazytown when I express distress about taxation - literally people forcibly taking away your property - and ppl act like I'm the crazy one. Sure, you could argue that this forcible theft is worth it, and I'll respect that, but it's still not crazy to be upset.

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I think taxation is theft and it is always bad. I think bad is inevitable but we should minimize the amount of it; I think *some* taxation is necessary before the other badness kicks in, but it's way, way lower than what we have right now.

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But where does the notion of theft come from when, if you're talking about say your value in the labour market, that is only being determined within a taxed society. If you earn $20 per hour and pay $4 tax, why do you think this is theft? Why are you sure it should be $20?

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?? I mean sure it's only determined in a taxed society, because we're making agreements in a society that's taxed, but if I own $20, fully, I'm not legally allowed to transfer what I own to you in full. Even if I *want to do this*, I can't. A third party says it's illegal.

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That's a separate discussion though, I used $20 as an income example, but I'm sure you're now alluding to capital gains or inherited wealth?

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Sorry, short tweets make things a little hard; I also meant the $20 as an income example. If I want to give you $20, a third party disallows it if it thinks I'm doing it as an exchange for something.

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