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"Taxation is theft" is perhaps more common, but specifically it's more like extortion: the state sends you a bill (or automatically takes it), and threatens harm if you don't pay. | "Taxation is theft" is perhaps more common, but specifically it's more like extortion: the state sends you a bill (or automatically takes it), and threatens harm if you don't pay. When the mob does this—even if they say they're providing "protection"—we call it extortion. Article: [[https://www.facebook.com/notes/government-is-bad/taxation-is-necessarily-theft-it-can-be-nothing-else/296806017004131|Taxation is necessarily theft. It can be nothing else.]] Related: NoSpecialPleadingForTheState. |
"Taxation is theft" is perhaps more common, but specifically it's more like extortion: the state sends you a bill (or automatically takes it), and threatens harm if you don't pay. When the mob does this—even if they say they're providing "protection"—we call it extortion.
Article: Taxation is necessarily theft. It can be nothing else.
Related: NoSpecialPleadingForTheState.
See also: The Gun in the Room.