Re:SpaceX Sues Government to Break US Air Force’s National S...
by bmelton on Monday April 28, 2014 @12:05PM
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As a libertarian, I object to many of the taxes I pay.
As a law-abiding citizen, I pay them anyway.
As a pragmatist, I seek to find as many ways to reduce my tax obligation as I can (401k, house ownership, charitable deductions, etc.)
As a libertarian, I would seek to recoup as many of the tax dollars I've paid in as possible. Even if I disagree that those taxes should have been levied in the first place, I see nothing hypocritical in trying to put them to the most effective use possible, versus say, being used to drone strike suspected terrorists without due process.
I'm not sure what your specific objection with his actions are, but there's no inherent hypocrisy in believing laws ought to be different than they are while still abiding the laws we're subject to.
As a law-abiding citizen, I pay them anyway.
As a pragmatist, I seek to find as many ways to reduce my tax obligation as I can (401k, house ownership, charitable deductions, etc.)
As a libertarian, I would seek to recoup as many of the tax dollars I've paid in as possible. Even if I disagree that those taxes should have been levied in the first place, I see nothing hypocritical in trying to put them to the most effective use possible, versus say, being used to drone strike suspected terrorists without due process.
I'm not sure what your specific objection with his actions are, but there's no inherent hypocrisy in believing laws ought to be different than they are while still abiding the laws we're subject to.