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re: Why Property Is Theft and Why It Matters
Posted on 11/1/18 at 10:25 pm to boosiebadazz
Posted on 11/1/18 at 10:25 pm to boosiebadazz
quote:While I do think it’s extreme, especially since they likely at least use something that their taxes pay for, at the same time I think the consequences of not complying even if they somehow were able to not use a single tax-payed resource, gives the argument a bit more credence.
Muh not explicitly consenting to the social contract so it therefore should not apply to me. Internet libertarians argue this same shite.
I actually have a bigger issue with payroll taxes even if I get the full benefit, then income taxes, since unlike many things that taxes pay for, I could and do use my own income for the same thing and have a choice in how it’s used. It just doesn’t sit right that there is something intended for me personally and exclusively taken from my income, and I have no say in any of it, putting aside whether I could invest it better or not.
This post was edited on 11/1/18 at 10:31 pm
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Posted on 11/1/18 at 10:29 pm to buckeye_vol
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Most Starbucks employees seem to be either college age or not much older. And I would rather someone work and complain, then complain and not work.
I used working at Starbucks as a metaphor for underemployment.
The West Coast in general is full of wide eyed college grads who move for a lifestyle without knowing the realities
Posted on 11/1/18 at 10:36 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:I get it, but that’s always the one used but I think the whole idea of it isn’t as prevalent as it seems.
I used working at Starbucks as a metaphor for underemployment.
quote:Isn’t that just like anything and a part of life, whether relationships, work, where we live, parenthood, home ownership etc., reality isn’t easy to realize until it happens.
The West Coast in general is full of wide eyed college grads who move for a lifestyle without knowing the realities
Of course, beyond just complaining like we all do and adapt to the reality, when they get into arguments like the OP then they still aren’t in reality.
That being said, I do think most people eventually realize that they better make a change because reality isn’t going to change for them:
Posted on 11/1/18 at 11:03 pm to buckeye_vol
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reality isn’t easy to realize until it happens.
True, and I certainly admire people who take the risks. I just don't like the whining when reality sets in for some.
Posted on 11/1/18 at 11:13 pm to SlowFlowPro
Well, this person will have no problem with me walking in their home, eating their food, and walking out with a few possessions, I guess?
Posted on 11/1/18 at 11:23 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:Meh lZ we all whine or do something that serves the same purpose; it’s just human nature.
True, and I certainly admire people who take the risks. I just don't like the whining when reality sets in for some.
It’s the whining, blaming someone else, and THEN (most importantly) not doing something about it that bothers me.
Posted on 11/1/18 at 11:26 pm to buckeye_vol
Same thing goes for Climate Change for me.
If you care so much stop fricking eating Lobster in Kansas.
If you care so much stop fricking eating Lobster in Kansas.
Posted on 11/1/18 at 11:52 pm to Canada_Baw
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Same thing goes for Climate Change for me.
If you care so much stop fricking eating Lobster in Kansas.
It’s just virtue signaling and political posturing and little about science, on either side, for the most part. Kind of like the OP. This post was edited on 11/1/18 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 11/2/18 at 1:05 am to Fun Bunch
quote:Then frick off.
I know this is a waste of time arguing with a troll like you,
Posted on 11/2/18 at 1:06 am to buckeye_vol
quote:Upvote
I don’t believe taxation is theft, although I hate paying them, but if by “more or less” you must mean it like “it’s 100% less and 0% more, there it’s also 100% more or less.”
Posted on 11/2/18 at 5:50 am to SlowFlowPro
I didn't see anything about Indians
Posted on 11/2/18 at 6:06 am to SlowFlowPro
Something I can't wrap my head around:any of Erin's sentences. Common core English comp?
Posted on 11/2/18 at 6:16 am to SlowFlowPro
Absolutism is best left to children and academics. The rest of us live in a world where what works matters.
Posted on 11/2/18 at 8:12 am to shinerfan
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Absolutism is best left to children and academics. The rest of us live in a world where what works matters.
Good in theory, but in practice, it seems like few can agree on what is working, much less what will work in the future. See e.g. The War on Drugs.
The reality is that the average person is rather stupid. As such, the average decisions of all the people put together will be rather stupid, as well. Any attempt at unfettered “pragmatism” without any guiding philosophy in the paradigm of a democratic republic is doomed to get us into the same kind of clusterfrick that we find ourselves in now.
Posted on 11/2/18 at 8:16 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:I wonder if the person that wrote this pablum is capable of constructing a house out of thin air.
Posted on 11/2/18 at 8:34 am to SlowFlowPro
People who have never done a minutes' honest work in their lives are pretty easy to spot.
I would bet if this young idiot were forced to pick up a hammer and work construction for a year, their opinion would change.
I would bet if this young idiot were forced to pick up a hammer and work construction for a year, their opinion would change.
Posted on 11/2/18 at 8:35 am to Joshjrn
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See e.g. The War on Drugs.
We had a really good blueprint that was ignored.
Posted on 11/2/18 at 9:02 am to RogerTheShrubber
quote:
We had a really good blueprint that was ignored.
For the WoD or the nation as a whole?
Posted on 11/2/18 at 9:22 am to SlowFlowPro
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"Renters provide nothing more than being richer than you."
If they're not providing anything then you're an idiot for paying them $1600 a month.
My guess is they are providing you with something because you are paying them $1600 a month.
Posted on 11/2/18 at 10:07 am to Azkiger
these anarchist-marxist types seem to either loathe the concept of investment or are completely ignorant to the reality of investing
i suppose it's not shocking that investment in infrastructure ends up being a huge loss for communist countries
i suppose it's not shocking that investment in infrastructure ends up being a huge loss for communist countries
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