Taxation is the penalty we pay for failing to create a civilized society. If

Dec 2, 2019
7:20:58am

molodyets All-American

anybody other than the government tried to take money by force it would be called theft or extortion depending on the circumstances.

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molodyets

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Totally forgot you lose the child credit at 17 and not at 18

JONBOY

12/2/19 6:39am

I forgot that too. I have a 17 year old as well. Crap.

Mister P

12/2/19 6:41am

Yes, just when they get the most expensive!

bacoug

12/2/19 6:43am

My son turns 17 in May. Does this mean no child tax credit?

idacoug

12/2/19 6:52am

If you’re talking about May 2020, you’ll still get the credit for your 2019

TriggerWarning

12/2/19 7:05am

Taxation is theft.

molodyets

12/2/19 6:57am

In that case, so is use of public services without paying for them.

fbguru

12/2/19 7:06am

You think Bezos doesn't pay his taxes? lol.

molodyets

12/2/19 7:11am

Maybe, but does he pay his "fair share?"

Mister P

12/2/19 7:13am

He pays a lot more than you despite the same level of usage

mudpupper

12/2/19 7:32am

The same level of usage? Amazon is likely the nation's largest user of public

fbguru

12/2/19 7:45am

I was referring to Bezos personally. But when looking at Amazon, you have to

mudpupper

12/2/19 7:59am

Plus their employees pay a ton of taxes individually.

dYrtbYkerYder

12/2/19 10:52am

Sounds like an argument from Breadline Bernie

AZ Coug

12/2/19 5:39pm

The top 1% pay 40% of income taxes, so I think the answer is yes

AZ Coug

12/2/19 5:38pm

Do you really think this?

Joe Banks

12/2/19 7:15am

Taxation is the penalty we pay for failing to create a civilized society. If

molodyets

12/2/19 7:20am

war is murder, police are illegal, etc.

Linescratcher

12/2/19 7:35am

I’m curious what you think about public services

D.T. Survivor

12/2/19 7:35am

"Failing to create a civilized society"

CommodoreCoug

12/2/19 7:37am

Exactly, if we were truly civilized we wouldn't need to use force to get money

molodyets

12/2/19 7:40am

So if a thing that's never happened suddenly happened, things would be different

Linescratcher

12/2/19 7:45am

Yes

Skipshot

12/2/19 3:49pm

You need to be a federal employee. Then you will be ok with taxes

OU Cougar

12/2/19 7:17am

How else you propose that law enforcement, government, defense, infrastructure,

chilango

12/2/19 7:55am

Privatize it. We'd figure it out.

molodyets

12/2/19 7:59am

OK, let’s talk about it. How would privatized national defense work?

chilango

12/2/19 8:01am

Here:

molodyets

12/2/19 8:05am

that's literally no different

Linescratcher

12/2/19 8:10am

How exactly does this concept avoid taxation? I don’t see it. I think maybe you

chilango

12/2/19 8:16am

the operative word is voluntary.

molodyets

12/2/19 8:50am

nice to see a libertarian on the board.

BleedBlue801

12/2/19 9:10am

they're in such scant supply here...

Linescratcher

12/2/19 9:28am

So someone thinks that people would voluntarily pay enough money to fund

chilango

12/2/19 12:16pm

I would love it if everyone was benevolent and industrious

D.T. Survivor

12/2/19 12:56pm

Our wars would only be fought if it was financially beneficial

D.T. Survivor

12/2/19 11:33am

Or more likely, private mercenary armies would only fight for the benefit of

chilango

12/2/19 12:21pm

Voluntary Law and Order

supercoco

12/3/19 1:40pm

*without representation

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