Income Taxes: Are They Theft?

[Ravineworld]

Theft by Definition: The act of stealing property.
So, income taxes, are when the government forces you to give up your property. How is that not stealing property?
I believe that taxes are an act of theft. I believe that since theft is illegal, then taxes are illegal.
So, NSG, what do you think about income taxes? Illegal, legal, good, bad?

[Ovisterra]

I suppose the government should just magic money out of the air to pay for the roads, hospitals, and emergency services.

[Wikkiwallana]

Taking government services without paying for them is theft. Stop trying to steal from the government.

Edit: scratch this, see my new post:
viewtopic.php?p=8489342#p8489342

[Bafuria]

They are a preferable form of theft compared to being mugged because of a lack of tax-funded police.

[New Genoa]

Property is theft.

[Bostok]

No no you got it wrong it goes like this.

Don't steal the goverment hates competition.

Now hurry up and give me your money so i can pretend to protect you.

[Filafia]

Theft by Definition: The act of stealing property.
So, income taxes, are when the government forces you to give up your property. How is that not stealing property?
I believe that taxes are an act of theft. I believe that since theft is illegal, then taxes are illegal.
So, NSG, what do you think about income taxes? Illegal, legal, good, bad?

Haven't you been paying attention? They're SLAVERY now (at least according to some people).

[Genivaria]

If income taxes are theft then using public services should be theft as well seeing as you didn't pay for them.

Also this:

Depends what the government does is a waste or not.

[Chinese Regions]

Depends what the government does is a waste or not.

[Seven7]

Taxes aren't illegal (quite obviously) but they certainly are immoral. Not only does it result in confiscation of the fruits of a person's labour (so yes, they are theft) but they are then used to coerce sovereign individuals both in the home country and often around the world to do things against their will.

So not only is your property taken from you by force, the government also then uses it to maintain an unjustifiable monopoly on force which should not be tolerated by any liberty-loving individual.

[Chinese Regions]

Property is theft.

Elaborate

[Alyakia]

I suppose the government should just magic money out of the air to pay for the roads, hospitals, and emergency services.

MAKE THE ROADS A TOLL (p.s. a small car going to the ships and a gigantic truck carrying literal gold to goldcorp to be made into super gold should be charged the same)

hospitals? what are you, living in any first world nation outside of the U.S. a commie?

[Wikkiwallana]

Argument by assertion is theft, I want my time back.

[Death Metal]

Taking government services without paying for them is theft. Stop trying to steal from the government.

[Northwest Slobovia]

So, NSG, what do you think about income taxes? Illegal, legal, good, bad?

Like all taxes, income taxes are legal by definition: the government makes the laws.

Next up on News of the Obvious: Pope still Catholic; Loons still rave in the woods.

[Alyakia]

I suppose the government should just magic money out of the air to pay for the roads, hospitals, and emergency services.

pritivitze the roads

[Salandriagado]

Theft is, by definition, illegal. Taxes are not.

[Alyakia]

Theft by Definition: The act of stealing property.
So, income taxes, are when the government forces you to give up your property. How is that not stealing property?
I believe that taxes are an act of theft. I believe that since theft is illegal, then taxes are illegal.
So, NSG, what do you think about income taxes? Illegal, legal, good, bad?

Haven't you been paying attention? They're SLAVERY now (at least according to some people).

rape. slavery. theft. you'd be truly suprised at how many things confiscation rates can be compared to.

[Wikkiwallana]

Haven't you been paying attention? They're SLAVERY now (at least according to some people).

rape. slavery. theft. you'd be truly suprised at how many things confiscation rates can be compared to.

One can compare anything to anything else, that doesn't mean the comparison is meaningful or even correct.

[Alexlantis]

Taxes are an investment. If you give the government money and they give you education and roads you can use and other stuff back, it's an investment. If they tax you just to take money, then it's theft.

Not that hard of a concept.

[Sibirsky]

Taking government services without paying for them is theft. Stop trying to steal from the government.

Edit: scratch this, see my new post:
viewtopic.php?p=8489342#p8489342

And if he doesn't use them? What choice does he have in not paying taxes?

[Alyakia]

beep boop the government makes the laws therefore it is legal. initiating "ignore the other half of the thread that most of the posts are going to be about anyway" protocol.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

No.

[Consaria]

No. People don't complain that they have to pay to live in a house. Why can't a government put charges on living in their country? If you don't want to pay taxes for some reason, you can leave.

[Gravlen]

Oh Gods, this again?

Theft by Definition: The act of stealing property.

By what definition? Or, define "stealing" then.