Re: Thieves teach OWS protestors about redistribution, the hard way
I am pointing out that you do not understand the clear difference between donation and taxation. Instead of accepting it, you instead continue to defend an invalid premise.
If you do not understand the very basis of taxation and its function within developed society, perhaps this is not the discussion for you :shrug:
Generally, at this point, I'd just hit you with the ignore button, but being as I've got some time to kill, I'll give you a genuine response to this, and see what you make of it.
Taxation is the forced removal of income, goods, or property from individuals and businesses within a community, for the purpose of ensuring the continuation of communal services and leadership required for the survival of that community. A donation is NON forced gifting of income, goods, or property from individuals and businesses within a community, for the purpose of ensuring the continuation of communal services and leadership required for the survival of that community. Donations usually come with a certain amount of tax deductions, as well. At least, in recent history.
If I am wrong, feel free to correct me. Now. On to my next point. Since taxation is a requirement for living within said community, people living there don't have a choice on paying it or not. Unless people have the freedom and the ability to go where ever else and live, other than within that taxed community, it then become theft, if it's not voluntary. Meaning, some people in said community don't mind paying the tax, and do so with no provocation. Some in the community DO mind, and thus, require provocation. If those people that DO mind, but have no recourse, like leaving said community...It is they who are being robbed.
Short story time.
Once upon a time, no one in this country paid income taxes. True story. And if someone, be it a police chief, business owner, mayor, governor, or even president, tried to take an income tax, it would be considered illegal. Theft. Then we made some laws, and after a few tries, even managed to get them passed. And now, income taxes are no longer theft, legally speaking.
Except that I don't let lawyers define the meaning of words. No amount of double speak, word screwing, lawyering is ever going to convince me that theft is anything other than the taking of another persons property without their consent.