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logicallypositive:

Maybe calling the income tax slavery is a wee bit of a stretch…. but yeah

‘Price floor’ is a more precise/better term for ‘minimum prices’.

The income tax would much better be equated with pimping. Prostitutes get to keep some revenue from their services, but pimps forcibly extract an arbitrary portion for what they claim is ‘protection’ or ‘security’, even though they themselves often pose a serious threat to the prostitute’s well-being. Sound familiar?

International aid programs equate more to extortionate lending than anything else.

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logicallypositive:
I also hope people understand and realize there’s a difference between critcizing government programs, specifically welfare, and criticizing people who are dependent upon them and who utilize them. At least personally speaking I criticize government programs not because…
Is it wrong to win in a terrible system?I don’t blame people (including myself, I guess) for using/gaming a broken system. The system exists because of money I’m being taxed anyway, so I’m sure as hell taking the Pell grants I’m offered. I don’t blame investment bankers for profiting off of government corruption, either; the problem is the existence of that corruption/the loopholes, not people smart enough to make it work for them.Oops, I think my ENTP is showing.

Libertarians and Stoya!: logicallypositive: I also hope people understand and realize there’s a…

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