Views of Libertarians (ideologies, claims, income, 2013)

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by somebodynew

I never felt pain or humiliation from taxes, so I guess I can't either.

Try stopping paying taxes and see what happens.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by somebodynew

Ha! I like taxes. Economy of scale.

Really? How much more taxes do you pay than the legally required amount?

For someone to claim he likes taxes, I’d expect you pay double voluntarily.

So how much?

[somebodynew]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Really? How much more taxes do you pay than the legally required amount?

For someone to claim he likes taxes, I’d expect you pay double voluntarily.

So how much?

Then you would have some mighty loose grasp on logic.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by somebodynew

Then you would have some mighty loose grasp on logic.

Or you are just a hypocrite.

[Gungnir]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Try stopping paying taxes and see what happens.

Just get audited, you can be paying your taxes all fair and square, and an audit will cause plenty pain and humiliation.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by Gungnir

Just get audited, you can be paying your taxes all fair and square, and an audit will cause plenty pain and humiliation.

For someone likes taxes, being audited is like ... they just love it.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by somebodynew

I never felt pain or humiliation from taxes, so I guess I can't either.

Stockholm Syndrome can skew things like that.

[somebodynew]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Or you are just a hypocrite.

I know you are making a false argument. I don't know if you know it. I wonder, since I don't know what purpose would be served. Certainly some people would see your conclusion as obvious. But this simplistic reduction would not be compelling to anyone who was thinking very much. But just the same, I'll play.

I like butter. I find that butter really brings out the flavor of onions and other aromatics. This can be just wonderful in a dish. But I don't conclude that liking butter means that I will enhance my dish by simply adding more and more butter to the aromatic preparation. Yuck!

I like taxes in a society. I regularly vote for candidates who propose policies that will cost me money in taxes. The benefit of those policies is something that I want. But randomly paying taxes serves no good purpose.

[Gungnir]

Originally Posted by somebodynew

I know you are making a false argument. I don't know if you know it. I wonder, since I don't know what purpose would be served. Certainly some people would see your conclusion as obvious. But this simplistic reduction would not be compelling to anyone who was thinking very much. But just the same, I'll play.

I like butter. I find that butter really brings out the flavor of onions and other aromatics. This can be just wonderful in a dish. But I don't conclude that liking butter means that I will enhance my dish by simply adding more and more butter to the aromatic preparation. Yuck!

I like taxes in a society. I regularly vote for candidates who propose policies that will cost me money in taxes. The benefit of those policies is something that I want. But randomly paying taxes serves no good purpose.

Then your statement about liking taxes is false.

The programs funded by your taxes you approve of and may even enjoy, they make you warm and fuzzy. However you don't "like" paying taxes.

[somebodynew]

Originally Posted by Gungnir

Then your statement about liking taxes is false.

The programs funded by your taxes you approve of and may even enjoy, they make you warm and fuzzy. However you don't "like" paying taxes.

I did not say I liked paying taxes. I said I like taxes. But you are picking some serious nits here now, I do say. Does it hurt to have to work so hard to make such a non-point?