Yes or no? Say I live in an apartment, and everyone else there decides to take 50% of my income from that month. They say I have to pay them or else I have to move. Is that theft?
That seems to me like the best analogy for taxation.
Yes or no? Say I live in an apartment, and everyone else there decides to take 50% of my income from that month. They say I have to pay them or else I have to move. Is that theft?
That seems to me like the best analogy for taxation.
Perhaps you should view it as
You live in an apartment, you are expected to pay rent, you dont pay rent you get evicted.
Or if it is a condo, the condo board which is elected decides on how much the condo fees are, which if you dont pay said condo fees, you can have your wages garnished or the condo foreclosed on. Meaning you get kicked out of the apartment
Ya why do we have taxation? I mean without taxation we'd have no government and without government we'd have an anarchy. Congratulations you're an anarchist.
the difference is he pays the same rent as someone else who has the same level apartment
he doesn't pay 6 times more for the same amount of space based on his income.
Property is theft
that would be something to bring up to his landlord or condo board then is it not. Or if the condo board is not going to change the dues, he would have the ability to move out of the condo and find somewhere else to live
well that is true but it really misses the point I was making and which I know you are smart enough to get
I understand your point
You dont like progressive taxation, we all know that.
I doubt that the US will ever get rid of it though
you are probably right
congress in general and the dems in particular gain too much power by buying the votes of the many by promising the many all sorts of goodies paid for by jacking up the taxes on the few percent who already pay most of the taxes
of course if it keeps going many of us will move and the dependent teat sucklers are gonna run out of milk and then the excrement will really hit the fan.
its a house of cards that's gonna fall sooner or later
Meanwhile, Republicans promise to enact a policy that puts as much money as humanly possible in the hands of the already wealthy. Eventually, that house of cards will fall.
IF ONLY THERE WERE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN TAKING ALL OF SOMEONES MONEY AND TAKING NONE OF IT
you are probably right
congress in general and the dems in particular gain too much power by buying the votes of the many by promising the many all sorts of goodies paid for by jacking up the taxes on the few percent who already pay most of the taxes
of course if it keeps going many of us will move and the dependent teat sucklers are gonna run out of milk and then the excrement will really hit the fan.
its a house of cards that's gonna fall sooner or later
the difference is he pays the same rent as someone else who has the same level apartment
he doesn't pay 6 times more for the same amount of space based on his income.
That would be true if all of the apartments were equal in size and quality. However, the tenant living in the 1br apartment shouldnt be expected to pay the same rent as someone who lives in the penthouse suite upstairs.
Yes or no? Say I live in an apartment, and everyone else there decides to take 50% of my income from that month. They say I have to pay them or else I have to move. Is that theft?
That seems to me like the best analogy for taxation.
Property is theft
that is like saying the rules of golf puts way too much money in the hands of the top golf players or the rules of tennis puts most of the grand slalm trophies in the hands of Roger, and Rafa.
Yes or no? Say I live in an apartment, and everyone else there decides to take 50% of my income from that month. They say I have to pay them or else I have to move. Is that theft?
That seems to me like the best analogy for taxation.
SE102 said:How so, Khayembii?
of course that is true
but in our country the rich pay for far more than they get and the bottom 47% pay nothing for what they get in terms of services paid for by income taxes
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