I was just objecting to the implication that taxation for the purpose of govt spending is zero-sum. Fortunately we don’t live in a society where government officials simply pocket our tax dollars for their own personal benefit. And if they do, they go to jail.
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He never implied that. You just assumed the implication and you still do after he refuted it plainly:
"I’m not seeing how (2) is relevant though. If there’s benefit to theft, it doesn’t take it not theft. If you steal five dollars from everyone and put in a park, it doesn’t mean you didn’t steal five dollars. "
If you guys wanna call taxation “theft,” be my guest. I’d call it part of a social compact
Lol a social compact that you get thrown in prison for breaking if you disagree with.
And there’s no opt out.
Kinda like slavery was a social compact yeah? Lmao
Yes. Taxation is just like slavery. How ignorant of me to not realize that. Thanks for enlightening me
I’m confused, friend. I never said taxation was theft. I don’t think it is. In fact, I used taxation as the case in which government collecting money from its citizenry is explicitly *not* theft. It’s based, in principle, on the consent of the governed.
Happy to give you the last word here. 🍻
Ok. But I still don’t see how expansion of the money supply is “theft.” For example, the money supply increased dramatically after the pandemic. But was that “theft” or a necessary step to rescue the economy?
Right. I don’t think I implied that. If i did, then I certainly didn’t mean to.