In a message dated 12/11/98 5:24:05 AM Central Standard Time, ejruud@ucdavis.edu writes:
>
> >Tax = theft.
> >
> > Avoiding taxes has the same moral value as avoiding theft.
> >
> >EvMick
> >
>
> That is assuming that you gain nothing from the particular government under
> which you live. Unless you're prepared to remove yourself from the system
(a
> la Thoreau) you can't make this claim.
>
I STILL disagree.
The fact that coersion is involved is what makes it theft. Gain is irrelevant.
EvMick