"Taxes are theft." You may have heard similar statements made or shared by your libertarian (or classical liberal) acquaintances. Is there any logic behind this statement, though, or is it just another hollow political slogan? Let's start with a thought experiment. If a robber threatened you with a gun...
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Yes. This is one of those articles that says again that ours is not independence at all. And… that today we are celebrating a hollow holiday. So if today you are in the mood to wave tricolor flags, drink brandy and get pumped up, cursing Syrians, Russians, gayrope, the international situation, the Great Powers, Ottoman enslavers, etc., …
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EKIP– Expert Club for Economics and Politics A Different Opinion