Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good fortune of rich friends?

Re:Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good for... by vimax on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:07AM (#29806402)

In what way are taxes 100% optional? In the sense that using AT&T is optional because I can move of I don't like it?

I don't follow your restaurant analogy. Someone can recognize that tipping is harmful to the wait staff, but continue to tip knowing that to do otherwise would only hurt the wait staff and not the restaurant.

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Re:Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good for... by germandiago on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:30AM (#29807375)

With a private service you always have alternatives.

With a government imposition you must pay, noone asks you, and, on top of that, you do not use those services most of the time. But if you use them, why they do not ask you if you want? That is exactly how real life works... except for government impositions.

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Re:Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good for... by HWR_14 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @10:46AM (#29810386)

You can leave the country and renounce your citizenship. Boom, taxes avoided. Otherwise, you're continuing to benefit from the government so you pay taxes. It's a voluntary arrangement to be a citizen of free societies.

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Re:Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good for... by nopzor on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @06:50PM (#29816995)

so the usa isn’t a free society?

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Re:Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good for... by HWR_14 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @07:25PM (#29817351)

You can renounce your US citizenship

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