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RAND talks about
"slavery" a lot.
Every form of coercion
gets labeled "slavery".
Taxpayers = slaves,
because they're
forced to work for
causes they don't
necesarily believe in.
(May 13, 2003)
There are two
troubles with The rhetorical force
taking this it seems to have is
kind of line. largely effective only
on people who buy the
argument already.
An opponent need not
buy into your extreme On people who don't
definitions: the it sounds like
American taxpayer is extremist nonsense
not *precisely* a that most likely
slave. All of our isn't worth
wealth is not taxed. We might be following up on.
80% slaves.
Also we have a
substantial Being able to
amount of win in court
choice in what isn't enough:
work we do to you also need
produce the to make it into
taxed wealth. the court room.
And in how much
work we do.
The taxman has
federal guns behind him.
The slavemaster has
the overseer's whip.
But that similarity
shouldn't blind you
to real differences.
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