Friday, September 21, 2018

Bonus QotD: "Taxes are weapons used by the authorities and all authority comes from the barrel of a gun"


"One of the most heinous things about taxes is that they support the very 'organs of government' (to quote a Soviet-era term) that crush the people even further. The taxes are weapons used by the authorities, and all authority comes from the barrel of a gun (to paraphrase Mao). The taxes are used to corral in the masses and keep them upon a continuous treadmill that sustains the system ... the very system that exploits and enslaves the citizens." 
        ~ Jeremiah Johnson from his post 'Taxing & Tracking the Independent Media'
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3 comments:

  1. If David Seymour concentrated on the rort that is tax, especially income tax, rather than social issues I'd give him the time of day.

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  2. To be fair to him, there's an awful lot of targets on which on which to direct attention, and only one of him.

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  3. That's true so he needs to pick a strategic target and focus on it. I remain amazed that so many supposedly intelligent people are passionate about fringe issues like euthanasia while the rape of their labour by the unproductive and undisciplined continues without a wimper. Win the tax war and you'll change everything.

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