Taxation

Under a democratic state, your money can be likened to a piece of bread thrown into a pond where fish from both the left and right nibble away. Your money and rights are fought over and consumed in ways you did not consent to. In modern governmental systems, the tax codes purposely become so complicated that only allies of the powerful, national parties can afford top lawyers to find loopholes. The Goliath companies receive beneficial handouts and set the rules for the market, while the Davids are burdened with taxes and regulations Goliath can handle but they cannot. Meanwhile, the wealthiest always seem to wiggle out of paying taxes; for example, Warren Buffett paid .002% in taxes in 2015.

Current taxation is a form of robbery where specific privileged individuals (politicians and bureaucrats) have the sole right to “legally” steal. Typically, if my money were taken and used against my will, it would be called theft, just as we would declare it if a heroin addict stole another man’s money and used it for drugs. We move into the realm of robbery when those stolen goods are confiscated under the threat of violence or harm. Under direct taxation, if you refuse to go along with the confiscation of your money—refuse to pay your taxes—you will be jailed, where you could face actual physical harm.....