20 Mar '13 20:33>
Originally posted by normbenignIt is proportionate and fixed and isn't retroactive (it's an asset tax like a property tax) but that is besides the point. Try to concentrate:
Your example is neither proportionate, fixed, but it may be retroactive. When you rob the people in the mall, are you going to take $5 a piece, or 10% of what they have, and refrain from taking their Rolex or diamond jewelry?
If I knew before hand, that on entering the mall, I'd pass through a turnstile and be assessed 10% of my cash to enter, that wou ...[text shortened]... mall or authority would consider whether the fee was high enough, too high, or not high enough.
YOU stated "taxes are theft". Period. Of what possible difference does it make if theft is "proportionate"? or "proportionate AND fixed"? Or "proportionate AND fixed AND non-retroactive"? In any cases, theft is morally wrong and thus shouldn't be allowed. So you have no way to fund your government except by begging.