Going back to the original discussion, Paul doesn't want a 0% tax. He rejects the idea of tax altogether. No one is close to that, even if they endorse a low tax because the fundamental premise is different.
Well he still believes the government has a responsibility to protect our life and liberty, and that comes at a cost. There has to be
some tax, how else would the government function?
Can they make the earth flat? Can they make the sun orbit the earth?
Majorities are abstractions, nothing more.
They can't make the earth flat, but they can influence political processes. That's supposed to be the point of voting. Are there any major world governments that are based on libertarianism? If it is the absolute best way to run a country, why are none run that way?
What is the principle of which you speak?
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very small degree, socialism. Pure libertarianism is much like darwinism, what would happen to the weak? Would they die on the streets because they can't find a job and have no source of income? Is it a scenario where you'd have millions of Americans donating money and shelter to families that are actually in need? Is the governments responsibility not to protect life?
I do not have a problem with welfare as long as it is unflinchingly rigid and cannot be abused. Unfortunately our current welfare state is nothing like that, and I don't want my ideals to be associated with that. The real question: is it possible to have welfare without the potential to abuse it? I'd like to think there's a way, but I don't know.
No one expects them to. America is going to eat itself, along with much of the west. It's damn near inevitable at this point.
Whether people vote for, or believe or care about Ron Paul and his ideas are largely irrelevant. That they act in their own short run self interest at the detriment of their long term self interest, doesn't change the facts or consequences of what is happening.
There is no election that cures the world. Libertarians are not utopians. People who think you can vote change are utopians. (See Obama)
It will certainly be interesting to see how America pans out in the next 10 years.
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minimize your tax footprint
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avoid confrontations with state bureaucrats and agents whenever you can
I wish I could. I was slapped with a similar fine for not paying workers comp ($40/year) for 1 employee who worked about 35 hours in 6 months. And I had no idea that I stopped paying it (because ADP automatically took it from my payroll). Still dealing with it.
New York Workers' Compensation Board dishes out avalanche of unpayable fines | syracuse.com
Unless it's easy for you to sum up the benefits in a sentence, I'll stop being lazy and look it up on my own.
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