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0 pointsjakeogh10y ago0 comments

What a cop-out calling it "basic income". As if it's somehow "free money". Really it's just a further institutionalization of theft, of course making people more dependent on mother government. Imagine the debate, should we raise basic income by x or 2x?

The solution is not more laws, it's less. For example ending the war on drugs would have a immediate effect on the lower income brackets. If I didnt pay >1/3 of my income to support our $T war complex I could hire more people.

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AnimalMuppet10y ago· 1 in thread

Nice job defining all taxation as theft without actually stating it.

I can kind of see a basis for that - people with guns enforce that you pay your taxes. On the other hand, in the US, Congress decides on the budget, and we vote for those folks. And we don't seem to care enough about government spending to vote out the ones that spend a lot.

And, if taxation is theft, what is your alternative? Government supported by charity? Government supported by printing money? No government? What?

jakeoghOP10y ago

Individual income and property tax specifically. There are other ways gov can raise money. Gov has the printing press (although I want to let people decide what money is and what to trade in). Gov supported by charity is usually presented as an absurdity, like nobody would earmark donations for the DOD, I don't think that's the case.

Agreed that people just dont care enough, I think a part of that is the constantly re-enforced state of fear which promotes the protection racket.

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