Governmental extortion via property tax (part 1 of 2)
From: completeliberty | December 23, 2009 | 938 views
This freedom activism event took place in San Diego, CA, at the County Tax Collector's office (http://sdtreastax.com). It was a protest in which the morality of taxation, specifically property taxes, was questioned.
A number of peaceful individuals supported Joe as he paid his property tax in $1 bills. This afforded him and others time to ask challenging questions of the San Diego County Tax Collector, Dan McAllister.
The idea was to bring to the government employees'--and public's--attention the coercive nature of government. According to one woman who has been working there for 10 years, she has never seen or heard of an event such as this. In other words, it seems that the vast majority of people who are extorted by government never take the time to point out the immorality and injustice to those who presume to govern them.
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Joe's notes:
This protest was inspired by Ian Freeman (http://freekeene.com) who did two similar events in Keene, NH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcfhzT...
The language used was inspired by Wes Bertrand:
http://completeliberty.com
And the moral philosophy was inspired by Stefan Molyneux:
http://freedomainradio.com
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And here's the valuable thread about how to challenge those who presume to govern you and take your property without your consent:
Root-striking questions
http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Libert...
As well as a list of voluntaryist (or anarcho-capitalist, or complete liberty) resources:
http://www.meetup.com/Complete-Libert...
bumper music of note was "Society" by Eddie Vedder, from the soundtrack of "Into The Wild."
http://www.pearljam.com/
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You also can't pay a debt with a debt so it was never your property to begin with.
And as soon as the policy enforcement agent asked, is this you right here and pointed the name on the bill. You just became that name on that bill. But I ask you, can you be a name?
What makes you liable to pay the tax? Your participation, as a citizen. Citizens have granted civil rights which can be ungranted. So I ask, why on earth you would want to be a citizen?
"Citizen" is not something a person chooses. It's part of the statist matrix that's steeped in rights-violating collectivism. Anyone should be able to opt out at any time for any reason, because there is no such thing as a "social contract" with an organization that initiates force to stay in "business." The free market is about voluntary exchange, not forced participation and forced "benefits."
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