Taxes are rape (analogy)

[upyourass]

To me it's obvious that taxes people pay are just extortion from government. I mean, why isn't paying taxes voluntary activity?

Here's a simple analogy with sexual/dating market:
* money = genitalia

Take a hot girl.

- In Communism/Totalitarianism of sexual market that girl would not have a choice who she's going to have sex with. Her vagina would belong to society. Therefore, (almost) every sexual activity would be rape.

- In Democracy of sexual market the girl would state she's probably going to fuck 6 guys this year. Then, government would tell her she can chose 3 guys and the other 3 would be chosen by government. Politicians would tell ugly guys(poor people in real world) they deserve a piece of the ass(income in real world) and they would get to be one of those 3 guys. However, since politicians are a bunch of sociopaths, they would fuck that girl and probably leave 1 spot(out of 3 they demand) to ugly guys. Analogy in real world would be - politicians tell poor people they will get money from taxes, but most of taxes are spent on paying for wars, debt, expanding bureaucracy etc. Only a small portion actually goes towards something useful.

- In free market, the girl would choose to have sex with as many guys she wants. That is what we have now in sexual/dating market. Why don't we have free market in real economies over the world? It's clear the free market provides the highest level of freedom.
But, you might ask, what would happen to ugly guys? Well, they can find an ugly girl, improve their sexual/dating skills or sometimes good-looking person will fuck someone uglier(e.g. guy fucks a fat girl)

Are you now convinced that paying taxes is just stealing the value from you and giving you almost nothing in return?

 

[Ross]

In the immediate sense of things, sure, taxes are taking active value away from you, whereby you don't see any returns on that investment because you aren't getting any active value back. There is a passive payout, namely that it keeps the entire governmental structure running and stable.

- In free market, the girl would choose to have sex with as many guys she wants. That is what we have now in sexual/dating market. Why don't we have free market in real economies over the world? It's clear the free market provides the highest level of freedom.

Quite right, dating is a free market. Or so it seems. Girls have many different regulations that aren't under her control. She can have too much sex, be labeled a slut and become an outcast because society doesn't see sex as such a good thing.

Same thing happens with a free market system. Big corporations come in and gain a lot of unwarranted power, then they aim to keep that power in this free system by establishing a not so free system of controlling things like a government would, thereby completely overthrowing the notion that the market is actually free, because it's really just become a monopoly.

TL;DR - Freedom is a tricky subject. We're all free to make our own choices in life, even if those choices mean attempting to limit the freedoms of others.

 

[ILoveElla]

I mean, why isn't paying taxes voluntary activity?

That's the opposite extreme. Sounds a bit naive!