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Originally Posted by clegane
I'll rephrase that. We don't pay taxes just to gain the right to vote, we pay taxes for the priviledge of living in a relatively secure society with all the services, priviledges and benefits that that entails.
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I suggested those things as a way of funding Government without the use of physical force.
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For a (crude) example from Rome, the Patricians and other nobles payed to give the plebeians a grain dole, and in return the plebs refrained from lynching the rich and stealing their money. The Patrician pays more because he has more to gain(not being lynched and robbed) than the plebeian (not being allowed lynching the rich guy and being allowed a subsistence diet) from society.
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Yes, it's crude, and innacurate.
I have a right to my property, period. The Government does not have the right to take it away from me. It is not an "honor" to live on my property, it is a
right.