The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines taxation as “that part of the revenues of a state which is obtained by the compulsory dues and charges upon its subjects.” That is about as concise and accurate as a definition can be; it leaves no room for argument as to what taxation is. In that statement of fact the word “compulsory” looms large, simply
[This article is excerpted from One Is a Crowd . Robert LeFevre also gave a lecture on the biblical Joseph: “First Secretary of Agriculture” ( available in MP3 in Mises Media ).] Long, long before Freud, a fellow named Joseph got himself a reputation as an interpreter of dreams. So, when all the PhD’s of Egypt failed him, Pharaoh sent for this
[ Income Tax: Root of All Evil (1954)] To be sure, the original Populists, and the aping Democrats and Republicans, to say nothing of the conscious Socialists, little thought that their income-tax gadget would ever be used to “soak the poor.” It was an instrument, they thought, that could lend itself to no other purpose than to expropriate
[From Out of Step: The Autobiography of an Individualist , by Frank Chodorov; The Devin-Adair Company, New York, 1962, pp. 216-239.] The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines taxation as “that part of the revenues of a state which is obtained by the compulsory dues and charges upon its subjects.” That is about as concise and accurate as a
[From Out of Step: The Autobiography of an Individualist , by Frank Chodorov; The Devin-Adair Company, New York, 1962, pp. 216-239.] A basic immorality becomes the center of a vortex of immoralities. When the State invades the right of the individual to the products of his labors it appropriates an authority which is contrary to the nature
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