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    Taxation is theft...

    I firmly beleive this statement, and I still haven't come across an argument against it that holds up? Any challengers?

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    Re: Taxation is theft...

    Do we need government?

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    Re: Taxation is theft...

    It isn't theft. Next?
    Ireland interests are best secured within a more dynamic EU. Vote YES to Lisbon.

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    Re: Taxation is theft...

    Quote Originally Posted by 20000miles
    I firmly beleive this statement, and I still haven't come across an argument against it that holds up? Any challengers?
    I challenge you to go for a lie down in a dark room.

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    Re: Taxation is theft...

    Has there been a consistent full moon situation in Ireland in recent weeks?
    "Be advised, my passport's green / No glass of ours was ever raised / To toast the Queen." Seamus Heaney 1982

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    Re: Taxation is theft...

    Quote Originally Posted by NeilW
    Quote Originally Posted by 20000miles
    I firmly beleive this statement, and I still haven't come across an argument against it that holds up? Any challengers?
    I challenge you to go for a lie down in a dark room.
    Hmmm...unfortunately for you, ad hominem attacks are not an argument.

    Good try though.

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    Re: Taxation is theft...

    If the mafia were supplying fuel would they want as big a slice of the cost as the goverment.

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    Re: Taxation is theft...

    Of course it is theft. Point out one person who would pay if they had the option of not paying.

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    Re: Taxation is theft...

    Quote Originally Posted by geraghd
    It isn't theft. Next?
    You're correct, I was wrong. Taxes are more like extortion rather than theft. Sorry if you misunderstood.

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    Re: Taxation is theft...

    Quote Originally Posted by 20000miles
    Quote Originally Posted by geraghd
    It isn't theft. Next?
    You're correct, I was wrong. Taxes are more like extortion rather than theft. Sorry if you misunderstood.
    I was just going to correct you....

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