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Re:Sweden Has a 70 Percent Tax Rate and It Is Fine by flapjackfritz on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:29PM (#18836072)
It's not theft, it's public policy. Threat of violence is how most public policy are enforced.

You don't have to agree to the laws of a democratic constitutional republic, but you sure do have to follow them.

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Re:Sweden Has a 70 Percent Tax Rate and It Is Fine by ribble on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:54PM (#18836222)
not if they are unconstitutional, i don't.
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Re:Sweden Has a 70 Percent Tax Rate and It Is Fine by flapjackfritz on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:00PM (#18836257)
We have a public system for deciding constitutionality as well. If you don't believe in the system, that's certainly your perogitive.
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Re:Sweden Has a 70 Percent Tax Rate and It Is Fine by cra on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:07PM (#18836296)
Eighteenths amendment prohibited selling of alcoholic beverages nationwide. Would that be active today, would that stop you from buying beer?
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Re:Sweden Has a 70 Percent Tax Rate and It Is Fine by FlyMoreRockets on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:14PM (#18836327)
Yes it would. Might not stop me from homebrewing though.
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