Taxation = Theft
The following video was from a blog (AndyLogic) with the above title and is pretty well done and should be required viewing for all school students as a balance to the statist views now taught.
The only edit that I would suggest is where the “bill” is sent to George. Our politicians have long figured out that by withholding the tax money from our paychecks BEFORE we get the money is a pretty effective way of hiding their theft. We don’t truly miss what we never had. I have found this despicable practice used when a labor union that I have not voluntarily joined takes their “fair share” of my earnings. There are efforts in some states to cease payroll deductions for union dues. What should the state government act as a collector for the labor unions? You might be able to take an educated guess the party affiliation of the legislature and governor of those states.
It is often interesting to look at the ease with which non-incumbent candidates can point to the incumbent’s record and critique their performance and bloviate about what they would do in similar situations. It is hard to prevent such a successful strategy and we have learned with the current resident of the White House that a blank slate can be a powerful tool when combined with a thorough lack of inspection of a candidate’s qualifications by both the main stream media and many of the voters.
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