Comment Re:Question (Score 1) 780
All taxation is unfair. Taxation is, essentially, legalised theft..
I don't think all taxes are legalised theft. Consider a sales/consumption tax: I think one could make a valid argument that it's a charge by the state for doing business in their area - a charge that helps pay for the various services (eg, police, sanitation, transport, etc.) that the state provides so that the environment is friendly for commerce. If you feel that the charge by the state is too large, you are free to go to another area to pay less taxes but also suffer the risks of that state (for example, Pakistan has lower taxes than the US but also fewer services)
I think a similar parallel exists for income and capital gains taxes (where the government takes a cut of what you earn) - it's a charge for use of all the services that the state provides to make the area useful to work in.
If you're claiming that mechanism is 'theft', I think many other items become theft: if I allow someone to run their business out of my office for 10% of their revenue, is that theft? I would consider that a form of rent. Is it just theft when it's done by the government?