At the risk of doing what I'm about to ask you not to do: please don't comment just to talk about moderation decisions. It's boring and doesn't add to the discussion. If you want to flag or downvote, simply do it and move on.

> If you flag, please don't also comment that you did.[0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It is wrong, not irrelevant

The right of, and purpose for, the state to tax is very relevant to the methods used