(July 9, 2013 at 10:22 am)Koolay Wrote: No, it violently takes the revenue.
That's... inaccurate. I think what you're trying to say is that the government collects taxes under the threat of force, though even that is somewhat melodramatic. I've paid taxes for quite a number of years now, and cannot recall a single incident where government agents grabbed me, beat me up, and took X percent of my wages for the week.
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