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Ali Goldman

Company Taxes - 0 views

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  • Ali Goldman on 24 Nov 10
     
    This website shows how much taxes companies have to pay in different countries. It shows the percentage of tax in each country and how it can vary from country to country.
  • Daryl Bambic on 30 Nov 10
     
    "For a country to function properly, i.e., offer services (roads, schools, hospitals, etc.) to its inhabitants, it needs a certain amount of tax income. Whether it gets these taxes directly as corporate taxes or more indirectly as labor taxes doesn't really matter." Why or how are you going to use this to suuport your side?
Mason Brenhouse

Taxation is Theft Because it's Involuntary and Permanently Denies People their Property... - 1 views

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taxation theft is philosophy

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  • Taxation is theft because it is the use of aggression to deny another person their property. It doesn’t matter what their property is to be used for or what complicated arguments are made to justify it. Taxation is involuntary and it results in a person’s property being permanently taken. This is all that is necessary for our thesis to be proven.
  • Yet others will claim that taxes are payment for those services government provides. What if one doesn’t want those services? What if they are substandard? There are no answers to these questions because these alleged services are provided involuntarily. You can hardly call that a voluntary arrangement.
  • Taxation is theft because it involves a first use of violence in order to permanently acquire someone else’s property. State apologists may make excuses or wild conjecture in a vain attempt to justify this theft. But the fact remains that is theft. The only valid way to acquire someone else’s property is through voluntary interaction. Taxation is involuntary.
  • Mason Brenhouse on 26 Nov 10
     
    This is an article that has several points as to why taxation is theft. Firstly, taxation is theft because it is the use of aggression to deny another person their property.This is because it involves the use of violence in order to permanently acquire someone else's property. As we know, taxes are used in order to give certain services to citizens. However, what if these citizens do not want these services? This is why taxation is considered theft. 
  • Ali Goldman on 08 Dec 10
     
    I think that this is a very good website because it shows that taxation is theft because it is taking away someones property. I also like the point that shows how it uses violence and how some people do not want the services that are provided from paying taxes.
Mason Brenhouse

What is Wrong with Inheritance Taxation? | Newsflavor - 0 views

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cons taxation wrong philosophy

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  • Some people think that inheritance taxes are the right way to redistribute wealth. But does it really do that? In effect, they just provide governments with more money to squander. If they really should redistribute wealth, they should be excluded from the normal government income and allocated in a special fund earmarked for the purpose. Some people think that inheritance taxes are downright wrong; taking away already taxed and hard earned money from people who earned it.
  • What happens when you tax an inheritance? Applying British standards, 50 percent of the inheritance gets lost to the government coffers. If this money is sitting in a savings account or in a safe, the fact might be annoying to the heir, but hardly life threatening to anyone. If the money on the other hand is sitting in a company providing work to people, losing half the money could mean the end of the company. This second case in fact doesn’t redistribute wealth, it kills it
  • Mason Brenhouse on 01 Dec 10
     
    According to this article the taxation of inheritance is actually an ineffective and actually steals hard earned money from the people who actually went out and earned it. It goes on to say that relatively 50% of inheritance is actually lost to the government. It speaks about working capitol which is money that is actively contributing to the economy and dead capital which is money that is lying dormant somewhere being saved. 
  • Daryl Bambic on 03 Dec 10
     
    This is a very interesting article but make sure to use it as a secondary point and not your main argument.
sydney goldman

why taxation makes sense - 0 views

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  • sydney goldman on 30 Nov 10
     
    This site shows the alternative to taxes and how our tax system is a lot more convenient at a local level. Anok (the blog writer) makes a point to explain that even without government we would still need some form of taxes and answer the much asked question "is taxation theft?".
Lauren Ganze

Is taxation really necessary? - 0 views

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Definition of taxation taxes tax

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      Lauren Ganze on 30 Nov 10
       
      The definition of taxation
Ali Goldman

Problems with Taxes - 0 views

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  • Ali Goldman on 24 Nov 10
     
    This website shows a study on the taxes that people need to pay. This study took into consideration the income levels of people and how taxes can be a big problem for many people.
  • Daryl Bambic on 30 Nov 10
     
    Credibility is in question on this one. The site maintains that Vermont is fairer in its taxation. How will this support your side?
Mason Brenhouse

History of the Income Tax in the United States - Infoplease.com - 0 views

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taxation wrong history philosophy

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  • Mason Brenhouse on 07 Dec 10
     
    History of income tax
Daryl Bambic

For the Love of Money - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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money wealth addiction 'wealth addiction'

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  • as the McDonald’s C.E.O., Don Thompson, did in 2012, while his company then published a brochure for its work force on how to survive on their low wages
  • tax loophole that gave him a lower tax rate than his secretary.
  • walking away from my one chance to be really important.
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  • my wealth addiction
  • I am much happier. I feel as if I’m making a real contribution.
  • Wall Street is a toxic culture that encourages the grandiosity of people who are desperately trying to feel powerful.
  • rationalization of addicts.
  • the superrich are our cultural gods.
  • “enough”
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 19 Jan 14
       
      Aristotle spoke about the 'golden mean' and how virtue is finding this mean.  Sam Polk learned about Aristotle's virtuous life in the end.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 19 Jan 14
       
      What do you think Aristotle would have said to Sam Polk?  Think about the 'golden mean' and living the virtuous life.
  • he felt trapped and empty, but couldn’t summon the courage to leave.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 19 Jan 14
       
      What thoughts and feelings do you have reading this?  Are you empathetic toward Sam Polk and those in his situation?  
Lauren Ganze

The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights - 0 views

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Taxpayer's taxes taxation tax bill of rights

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  • Lauren Ganze on 06 Dec 10
     
    This site has a link to a PDF file that is the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. I thought that this would help in the debate to prove that taxation isn't theft because in this scenario, the supposed thief (governement) is giving rights to the people it is "stealing" from. This proves that the government isn't stealing our money: it is taking a percentage of our incomes so that it may better maintain the society we treasure and thrive in. The PDF contains the 15 rights that a taxpayer enjoys.
Lauren Ganze

Canada Revenue Agency - 0 views

www.cra-arc.gc.ca/...rights-eng.html

taxation taxes tax rights right taxpayer bill of government

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  • Lauren Ganze on 06 Dec 10
     
    I thought this site might prove useful, and it did. It's a government site that holds links to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which contains the 15 rights that a taxpayer holds.
Gabe Miller

Philosophy, et cetera: Why Taxation Is Not Theft - 2 views

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      Gabe Miller on 24 Nov 10
       
      this page is useful because it gives good reasons why taxation is not theft but it is useful for our society to flourish. people agree to pay tax when they sign a contract for a job. no one forces you to pay taxes, because you signed a contract saying that you already would.
  • Daryl Bambic on 30 Nov 10
     
    There are three excellent arguments against the resolution that taxation is theft. It is hard to read so make sure your team can see at least two of the three arguments on this page.
  • dunya darwiche on 08 Dec 10
     
    This was SOo hard to understand! But after reviewing it half a dozen times I found some really strong points and it'll really help me refute Thanks Gabe! :D
Mason Brenhouse

What's Wrong with Taxation? - Tibor R. Machan - Mises Daily - 2 views

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taxation wrong philosophy cons

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  • Liberty is incompatible with taxation. This despite that famous saying by Oliver Wendell Holmes that "Taxation is the price we pay for civilization." In fact, taxation is a most uncivilized way of obtaining funds, given that it boils down to nothing less than extortion.
  • Not a lot of taxation, mind you, because it seemed pretty clear to the Founders that taxation is in fact extortion. But they didn't see some other, legitimate, morally acceptable way of collecting the funds needed to pay government for its service of securing our rights. Yet, they might have.
  • The first step is to acknowledge, unapologetically, that the institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything, because it amounts to nothing less than outright extortion, a gross violation of human liberty.
  • Mason Brenhouse on 23 Nov 10
     
    Interesting, this article suggests that both taxation and liberty are incompatible. Therefore by association, not only does being taxed go against everyone's own liberty but it simply cannot function in a society that is based upon liberty. In fact taxation is essentially compared to extortion. It goes on to explain how people go to work in order to earn some money in order to live their lives. However, when the pay checks come in they have only received a fraction of what they were promised. Eventually it concludes by saying that taxation is in no way civilized but simply just barbaric. 
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Look at who these people are. Go to their home tab. This is the Austrian school of economics. Interesting.
Ali Goldman

http://freedommanitoba.blogspot.com/2007/10/income-tax-is-theft.html - 1 views

Why Income Tax is Theft

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  • Ali Goldman on 08 Dec 10
     
    This is a blog that shows someones opinion on why income taxation if theft. It also shows how it is not fair.
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