One of the greatest mysteries of today is whether a pirate is good or bad.
When the individual does the stealing, it's is called piracy. When governments do the same thing, its called policing, military intervention, or taxation.
Of course I don't know of too many bridges built by pirates, or fire departments they fund or many of the thousands of other useful things that governments do. Sure governments and beuracracies are wasteful, and should be held to task for that, but to equate taxation with theft is such simple-minded thinking that it's laughable.
No, it's really not. It doesn't matter what a thief does with the money, if he takes it without permission it's theft.
That's what the government does, under the flimsy justification of a "social contract" that nobody alive today has signed, and which they break regularly and with impugnity.
No simple-mindedness, the government takes your money by threat of force. They don't even do it equitably, just like a common theif, the more you have, the more they take. The wealthiest half of the US population p
The wealthiest half of the US population pays 96% of all taxes.
Off-topic, but one of the bosses here put out an article in our quarterly newsletter stating that the wealthiest 1% of the US pays more taxes than the bottom 50%. He even gave us some numbers.
Turns out, though, that the lowest portion of the bottom 1% make 11 times the amount of money as the bottom 50%, but only pay 9 times more in taxes.
In other words, if you took the bottom 50% and increased their salaries to be in the top 1%, but als
i think you mean that in aggregate the top earning 1% make 11 times more than the lowest earning 50%, but only play 9 times more in taxes. the way you had written it out makes no sense.
It?s a matter of semantics (Score:1, Insightful)
When the individual does the stealing, it's is called piracy. When governments do the same thing, its called policing, military intervention, or taxation.
Re:It?s a matter of semantics (Score:1)
Of course I don't know of too many bridges built by pirates, or fire departments they fund or many of the thousands of other useful things that governments do. Sure governments and beuracracies are wasteful, and should be held to task for that, but to equate taxation with theft is such simple-minded thinking that it's laughable.
Re:It?s a matter of semantics (Score:2)
That's what the government does, under the flimsy justification of a "social contract" that nobody alive today has signed, and which they break regularly and with impugnity.
No simple-mindedness, the government takes your money by threat of force. They don't even do it equitably, just like a common theif, the more you have, the more they take. The wealthiest half of the US population p
Re:It?s a matter of semantics (Score:1)
Off-topic, but one of the bosses here put out an article in our quarterly newsletter stating that the wealthiest 1% of the US pays more taxes than the bottom 50%. He even gave us some numbers.
Turns out, though, that the lowest portion of the bottom 1% make 11 times the amount of money as the bottom 50%, but only pay 9 times more in taxes.
In other words, if you took the bottom 50% and increased their salaries to be in the top 1%, but als
Re:It?s a matter of semantics (Score:2)