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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by whoomp12342 on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:30PM (#26229299)
high cost of food or a high cost of a hair cut is absolutely a tax on life costs.

it might not be a tax that goes straight to the government but what are you going to do, not eat? how will people treat you if you stop maintaining your hygiene and look like a caveperson? its a tax because it is a necessity.

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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by zepto on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:46PM (#26229556)
Saying something is a cost doesn’t make it a tax.

For what it’s worth, I know people who haven’t cut their hair in decades, without any serious consequences.

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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by AdrianB1 on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:34PM (#26229367)
That first sentence is amazing: it makes me a criminal because I don't pay all my taxes! I have an electric hair cutting machine, so I pay no tax on life to cut hair - does this make sense at all? Not to me.
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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by notJim on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:53PM (#26229660)
Well, your "hair cutting machine" presumably wasn't free, so it's more like you pay a very low tax rate. How regressive of you to dodge your taxes like that.
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