To say that taxation is theft is to misunderstand both the purpose of taxation and the reality of living in a functioning society.
Theft is an involuntary transaction where one party takes from another without consent or exchange of value. Taxation, particularly in a society that values freedom and law, is a necessary mechanism to maintain the very system that protects private property and ensures that people can trade, produce, and prosper.
This notion also ignores the basic function of government. If there is no mechanism to fund the protection of property rights, the enforcement of contracts, or the basic infrastructure that allows for commerce, then what do you have?
You have lawlessness.
You have a situation where those who produce cannot protect what they’ve created. That is the true cost of calling taxation “theft.”
The argument about "bankrupting producers" is misleading at best. The fact is, producers adapt to markets, and what is being proposed here is not a tax that punishes success but one that ensures fairness. The claim that this system would bankrupt those "on the margin" assumes that businesses only thrive through the absence of responsibility, which is both naive and disingenuous. Businesses thrive by creating value, not by avoiding their responsibilities within a society.
The idea that taxation will lead to widespread bankruptcy is also a slippery slope fallacy. It assumes that any tax burden will drive all businesses out of operation. But in reality, a fair, transparent tax system allows businesses to operate in a predictable environment where they can focus on creating value rather than evading arbitrary taxes.
A well-structured tax system supports the very infrastructure that allows free markets to flourish. It’s not a question of theft—it’s a question of maintaining the rule of law, the enforcement of contracts, and the protection of property that make a free society possible.
S. Tominaga AKA CSW
Oct 17, 2024
https://x.com/CsTominaga/status/1846801667985232366?t=1Q6LFJ5Y7R3wvehUoXA78A&s=19
https://t.me/S_Tominaga/1494
Theft is an involuntary transaction where one party takes from another without consent or exchange of value. Taxation, particularly in a society that values freedom and law, is a necessary mechanism to maintain the very system that protects private property and ensures that people can trade, produce, and prosper.
This notion also ignores the basic function of government. If there is no mechanism to fund the protection of property rights, the enforcement of contracts, or the basic infrastructure that allows for commerce, then what do you have?
You have lawlessness.
You have a situation where those who produce cannot protect what they’ve created. That is the true cost of calling taxation “theft.”
The argument about "bankrupting producers" is misleading at best. The fact is, producers adapt to markets, and what is being proposed here is not a tax that punishes success but one that ensures fairness. The claim that this system would bankrupt those "on the margin" assumes that businesses only thrive through the absence of responsibility, which is both naive and disingenuous. Businesses thrive by creating value, not by avoiding their responsibilities within a society.
The idea that taxation will lead to widespread bankruptcy is also a slippery slope fallacy. It assumes that any tax burden will drive all businesses out of operation. But in reality, a fair, transparent tax system allows businesses to operate in a predictable environment where they can focus on creating value rather than evading arbitrary taxes.
A well-structured tax system supports the very infrastructure that allows free markets to flourish. It’s not a question of theft—it’s a question of maintaining the rule of law, the enforcement of contracts, and the protection of property that make a free society possible.
S. Tominaga AKA CSW
Oct 17, 2024
https://x.com/CsTominaga/status/1846801667985232366?t=1Q6LFJ5Y7R3wvehUoXA78A&s=19
https://t.me/S_Tominaga/1494
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