“The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time. The hand of force may destroy but cannot disjoin them.” ~ T. Jefferson
Ponder that while reading,
I’d Be OK With That If. . .
. . .it subbed in “Alien Invaders.”
Taxes Are Theft?
Every now and then, I see the “Taxes are theft” meme crop up again. It’s simplistic and wrong. Taxes are only theft when government begins to apply revenue thus gained in violation of its essential purpose: the protection of individual rights and liberties. As long as government hews closely to its legitimate purpose, and taxes are not obtained through coercion, taxes are not theft.
Of course, this means that taxes are theft. . . *sigh*