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Taxation is immoral

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Published by mbarkhau, October 21, 2009, 2:57 pm GMT
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1) PREMISE:   
Natural rights are common to all men. They are inalienable and can be derived through reason from the nature of man.

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2) PREMISE:   
Legal rights are written by men. They are rules that are to be abided by, by the parties that have agreed (possibly democratically) on them.

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3) FROM 1 AND 2 IT FOLLOWS THAT:   
Natural rights differ from legal rights.

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4) PREMISE:   
To break the natural rights of a person is immoral, since one would not wish the same be done to oneself.

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5) PREMISE:   
Theft through a group is no more legitimate than through an individual.

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6) PREMISE:   
Legal rights cannot override natural rights.

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7) PREMISE:   
The right to property is a natural right.

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8) FROM 3,4,5,6 AND 7 IT FOLLOWS THAT:   
Theft is to violate a persons natural right to property and thereby immoral.

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9) PREMISE:   
Theft is to take another persons property for ones own use, against the free will of the owner.

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10) PREMISE:   
Taxation is to take a persons property for use (determined through legislation) by another party, against the will of the owner.

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11) FROM 9 AND 10 IT FOLLOWS THAT:   
Taxation is theft.

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12) FROM 8 AND 11 IT FOLLOWS THAT:   
Taxation is immoral.

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