Rick Wicks - And somehow it isn't a tired trope that "taxes are us all working together"?

Since theft of income through taxation is the norm, the "tired trope" appears to be the cliched assertion that we must tax people's income in order to have a decent life.

Alaska has done without an income tax for 30 years. Florida, Texas and New Hampshire also do without an income tax. I haven't been to Florida, but the other two states appear to be quite civilized.

Yes, people pay taxes there, but thanks to legislators (particularly in Texas) who understand that taxation is the forceable redistribution of some peoples' hard-earned money to others who have not earned it, the tax burdens in those states are light.

And you can see the evidence by studying the out-migration rates in high-tax states like California and New York and trace where people are moving to ... those states with low tax burdens.

Anytime you force someone to give up their property against their will, it's theft.