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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Here, Here !! We're ALL "owned" by the Federal gov't, the local gov't, and/or the local bank you have yr mortgage with...Just don't pay yr taxes or miss a few payments & you'll find out just how "Free" you really are...
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Sorry guys. I don't even understand what you're trying to say anymore.
The requirement by the Federal Government that you actually pay taxes is equal to slavery? I'm trying, but I can't follow this at all.
Yeah, if you don't pay your taxes you're gonna get in trouble. They may even take your liberty for a time. But they won't take you away from your family forever with no means of ever being reunited. They won't beat you. They won't force you to work your entire life entirely for their benefit.
And by the way, when I say "they", of course I mean "us" since we ARE the power in a democracy. No one has any authority to make laws that we didn't collectively put in place. And why single out tax laws? Your case could be equally made against any law.
Just try and kill a guy & you'll find out just how "Free" you really are. Just beat your wife & you'll find out just how "Free" you really are. Just take a gun and hold up a liquor store & you'll find out just how "Free" you really are.
I'm still a big fan of law and order. Once again, I'll suggest that we have more liberty than just about any people on Earth. And yet there are so many here complaining that it's not enough. Much more and we're living in anarchy. Personally I'm glad that we aren't free to run around killing people or stealing property. And yeah, if we're going to agree together that we're going to be civilized and have laws then we're going to have to support the institution of government and fund it's expenses.