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Re:Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not by 8note on Saturday September 21, 2019 @01:59PM (#21036847)
is it really the tax payers? and is it really being taken by force? the government also gets funding by taking on debt, or can print more currency; not everything comes from a tax payer.

you're not exactly forced to be taxed either. it's an agreement in exchange for citizenship. if you don't want to be taxed, go make and spend your money somewhere that doesn't have taxes

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Re:Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not by benjohnson on Saturday September 21, 2019 @02:09PM (#21036908)
Do you have an unspoken premise that this nation belongs to the government? If so, I would say that this nation belongs to the citizens instead.
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Re:Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not by QualityReboot on Saturday September 21, 2019 @03:12PM (#21037280)
Found the libertarian!

I kid, but I think most people do have the view that the government really owns everything. In practice, control means ownership, so it's not an unreasonable view.

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Re:Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not by hammock on Saturday September 21, 2019 @06:22PM (#21038253)
Who controls government?
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