You can be put in jail for not paying taxes on "your" home.
Actually, I live in an apartment in Oregon. We have no state tax. I pay no tax in my rent (at least not directly).
You can be put in jail for growing weed.
Only if the fed comes to my door and busts my state sanctioned 6 plant grow. Doubt they will anytime soon.
Extortion on the other hand is when the SELLER of the "services" decides you WILL buy whether you like it or not.
Please explain to me how Government extortion is any different than being extorted from by a gangster? Both will harm you if you do not comply.
I guess the only difference is that no one ever votes on which gangster will extort them. Like I said, I see your point, I am a fan of the analogy, I feel like the fed gov is raping me and telling me it is raping outside. But hell, I do drive on roads and read books at libraries and call the cops when I need them and attended public schools and universities and took unemployment in my time of need and enoy a cheap round of golf at the local municipal course, so I feel like I am often getting my dollar worth.
If you would like to have a discussion about how taxes should be lower, or which services should be taxed, and which public services should be 'opt-in' services, I welcome that discussion. Like for example, I am all in favor of giving anyone who wants an 'opt out' option for health insurance, like some other rich capitalist democracies with universal health care have done.
Anyhoo, to sum up, I am with you 100% in sentiment, but not even close to 100% in practice. I bet you use public services too
Thank you for agreeing with the sentiment.
Presumably your landlord must pay property taxes, so let's face it, YOU pay taxes by paying your rent. A person CAN be jailed and/or lose their home if they refuse to be extorted thru property taxes. That's not morally right no matter how you slice it.
Legal pot? Lucky you. You aren't one of the 850,000 or so people who will get arrested this year. My point stands, maybe YOU won't get arrested, but many others will this year, next year etc..
I use very little "public services" and work with friends as much as possible outside the system via bartering, trading labor etc. I am semi-retired so perhaps it's easier for me to do this.
I use roads, which are paid for by a hefty gasoline tax and local property taxes. My kids are grown, but I still pay for others kids to go to school, thru the coercive system. You do realize public schools are the 10th plank of the Communist manifesto? There is a lot of revisionist history taught in public schools and alot of things are swept under the rug that should be taught.
Homeschoolers smoke public school kids on standardized tests, there's a reason.
Like everybody I am forced to pay many taxes including the hidden "inflation tax".
Concerning Police we've got one cop, he's a decent sort which makes him a rarity among cops. He's nearly a "peace officer" rather than a pig. There are lots of pigs in neighboring towns though that I have no use for. They relish enforcing victimless crimes and are of very low intellect to put it nicely.
I have no problem with "Peace officers".
Libraries are nice, but in the crowd I run in we do fine by trading books back and forth. I volunteer at a private food bank and help a couple of elderly neighbors.
Some of my friends man our volunteer fire dept and ambulance squad.
I've no objection to people cooperating to achieve what they want. I have strong objections to anybody being forced into somebody elses cooperative though. Nobody likes to be force fed, that's why I strive to be a Sovereign Voluntaryist rather than a subject. I pose no threat to others and believe I shouldn't attempt to run their life, unfortunately my sentiments are not always reciprocated.
If you read any of my posts there is a common theme, perhaps ad nauseum
... I reject the government it is broken and "broke". More government will mean more problems, and fewer freedoms. I think it would be hard for anybody to disagree with me there. I've simply stopped looking for the nanny state to solve problems they've created. It is hard to try to be free in the face of government, but I'm trying.
DO IT.
