He subsequently said you could put more of onus on commercial property owners. Could also make the national property tax rates progressive
Banning slaves was legal under the Constitution (the north did it), but Fugitive Slave Act was constitutional 


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Yeah, the story is he's also opposed to the taxes that were constitutional back then. So the entire point is just blowing smoke.
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I enjoy reasonable conversations with libertarians, even on Twitter, but if you oppose all taxes, let's focus on that.
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Ok, let's: please empirically articulate why a mob has a right to use threats/harm against others to extract property for its desired ends.
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I'm interested in understanding the details of the "user fee" approach to shared resources. How is it enforced in your view?
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Tolls for roads, bills for water service, monthly payment for garbage, risk/asset adjusted fee for fire - all upheld by contract enforcement
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For sure - states could choose to, but the federal government couldn't force ALL to - until the 13th amendment at least.
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Now you're making me wonder. What if POTUS and the Senate approved a treaty that included a slave-banning provision?
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You should have been a con-law professor :)
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Yep, again: any law that infringes on individual natural rights is an act of tyranny, thus is null and void regardless of legal enshrinement
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