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Veronique de Rugy Needs Slaves

I am sure the proposition that "everyone should pay income taxes" seems obvious to you and me.
No, Ms. de Rugy, it does not. You assume too much.

It is irrelevant whether I make $1 a year or a million. It is irrelevant whether 75% of American government is funded by the richest 10% or vice versa.

There is only one claim to be laid upon an income earned honestly through voluntary economic transactions and that claim belongs to the income-earner. Everything else (tax brackets, deductions, credits) is pointless distraction from the core moral issue of right and wrong. Taxation is wrong, full stop. Tweaking that systemic theft so it suits your personal sense of justice just reveals how perverted that sense really is.

Posted by drizzten on April 14, 2009 04:35 PM |

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