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May 21 2021 11:31pm
Quote (cambovenzi @ May 21 2021 10:27pm)
You can make the argument or not.

its so juvenile it shouldn't be a problem for you, right?


You didn't answer the question. I already said that I am going to address it piece by piece. Please answer the question.
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May 21 2021 11:37pm
Quote (thundercock @ May 22 2021 01:31am)
You didn't answer the question. I already said that I am going to address it piece by piece. Please answer the question.


..and you didn't address or refute the points after calling them juvenile. Please make a point prior to running your mouth again.

I don't have all day for you to ask 100 different questions in 100 different posts before making any points.

Yes people would break contracts. They already do so now.
No, the implication that there is no contract enforcement mechanisms without taxation is not a logical or accurate point.
No, avoiding theft isn't theft.
No, thinking theft is good does not make it not theft.

im a few answers ahead of you. lmk

This post was edited by cambovenzi on May 21 2021 11:38pm
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May 21 2021 11:46pm
Quote (cambovenzi @ May 21 2021 10:37pm)
..and you didn't address or refute the points after calling them juvenile. Please make a point prior to running your mouth again.

I don't have all day for you to ask 100 different questions in 100 different posts before making any points.

Yes people would break contracts. They already do so now
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Fascinating. You don't have all day to answer my questions but you expect all mechanisms in society to be voluntary.

Fantastic! We've established that people would break contracts and that you believe in contract enforcement in the general sense.

Here is the next question. Do you agree that the more people who engage in a contract, the more difficult it is to achieve consensus?
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May 22 2021 01:58am
Quote (EndlessSky @ May 21 2021 08:22pm)
Mostly correct minus the absence of god and due process.



We don't have due process in America. Be black or a weirdo like Manson and either the cops execute or the state does.
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Quote (cambovenzi @ May 22 2021 12:04am)
You answered "NO" its not theft and added something that was an apparent justification for it. Upon clarification I accept that you did not mean that as a justification of your answer (an answer which is unsupported and false.)
I am not trying to strawman you.

I am making the point that your personal feelings(happy) on its benefits, or the benefits of what it was spent on(education/healthcare), do not determine whether or not it is theft.


My personal feelings...you mean like, the opinion we're all giving on a subject? It's your personal feeling that taxation is theft

You didn't get a say in what public goods you may have received over the years but my personal feelings are that you ought to pay for some of it
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Quote (dro94 @ May 22 2021 06:32pm)
My personal feelings...you mean like, the opinion we're all giving on a subject? It's your personal feeling that taxation is theft

You didn't get a say in what public goods you may have received over the years but my personal feelings are that you ought to pay for some of it


Nah cam only posts rothbard or mises opinions.
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Quote (inkanddagger @ May 22 2021 03:58am)
We don't have due process in America. Be black or a weirdo like Manson and either the cops execute or the state does.



Or be white in a washington DC district court.
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May 22 2021 07:15am
Taxes being theft would imply you have ownership in a society which is impossible because societies are collectives.
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May 22 2021 07:38am
when you hit hard times and have some community help you will not say they are bad... yes they goto some dumb stuff for sure
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Quote (GarryGarry @ May 22 2021 09:38am)
when you hit hard times and have some community help you will not say they are bad... yes they goto some dumb stuff for sure



In NJ the unemployment system was so whack that people waited six months for claims to get processed.

Youre better off on your own. No one else will save you.
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