Re: Conscription and Taxation Re: They gave their lives....

[John D. Giorgis]

At 08:42 PM 5/31/01 -0700 Brad DeLong wrote:
>>>>Britain, of course, still has income taxes.   In other words, Britain
>>>>expropriates the fruit of individuals' labors without their consent.
>>>>
>>>
>>>No it doesn't. People *voted* for the representatives who passed the
>>>income tax laws.
>>
>>So, if we vote to enslave all people with blue eyes, did all of the
>>blue-eyed people consent to slavery?
>
>You're smart enough. You know the flaws in that counter-argument, and 
>why it fails, as well as I do...
>
>I'm not going to be baited.

I disagree.  Why does voting against an income tax still qualify as
"consent" to an income tax, but voting for conscription does not qualify as
consent for conscription for all people?

JDG
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