Re: Glen Wheatley out of jail

On Apr 11, 6:11=A0am, "Fleeced" <flee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Wolfy 'Dial-up' Wildeblood" wrote:
>
> > Don't mince words: taxation *is* theft. But that doesn't mean that tax
> > evasion is not really a crime.
>
> If taxation were legally considered theft, then it would actually...
> it isn't, of course, and I don't recommend people evade tax - not
> because it's wrong to do so - but because they have the guns on
> their side.
>
> > The guiding principle here is that two wrongs don't make a
> > right.
>
> But some wrongs are not as bad as others.
>
> If you really believe that taxation is theft, then I don't see how
> you can claim it's evasion is wrong - simply because those who
> impose it write the laws to say that it is.

Evasion is not wrong because it deprives the government of tax
revenue, it (but not avoidance) is wrong because it is an act of
deceit. As you pointed out, the government reserves to itself a
monopoly on the use of violence. A person game enough to lie to the
government would lie to anyone.