RashyNullPlanet

Wendy links an essay in the WSJ which opines:

…the tax burden for most Americans is far too high but they do not realize it fully because of tax withholding and the payroll tax hides the true burden they are forced to shoulder.

I know exactly how much has been stolen from me, because I’ve been keeping track for over 20 years.

I didn’t read the article because Murray reveals what he is in his very first sentence, however, ending withholding and making people take action to pay taxes would certainly make them fully aware of the fact that taxation is theft, and whether or not it’s “bad for democracy” would instantly become a moot point just as it should be.

Obama, while introducing Sotomayor as his choice to replace Souter, had the nerve to utter this:

Well, Sonia, what you’ve shown in your life is that it doesn’t matter where you come from, what you look like or what challenges life throws your way, no dream is beyond reach in the United States of America.

I’ve long dreamed of keeping all the money I earn. I dream of living without the compulsion of others’ preferences.

I dream of cannibals walking away from the pot.

“No dream is beyond reach in the United States of America.”

Bullshit.

Become a judge, have your soul excised, and send a man with an IQ of 47 to prison:

For more than six hours Tuesday, as a parade of witnesses testified about the severity of Aaron Hart’s mental retardation and his inability to understand his legal rights, the 18-year-old defendant with an IQ of 47 sat silent and shackled in a chair, alternately fidgeting and making faces.

But in the end, none of it was enough to persuade a judge in this small east Texas town to reconsider the 100-year prison sentence he gave Hart in February after Hart pleaded guilty to molesting a 6-year-old boy.

Here’s an indication of what an IQ of 47 really means:

Under 70 - Definite feeble-mindedness

99.5% of IQ scores fall between 60 and 140

Eric Clifford, you’re a fucking liar:

Clifford, who last week said he had agonized over the case, took only a few seconds to issue his ruling.

Hart’s parents say he has been raped repeatedly by other inmates since he was first arrested last September.

Drop dead, Clifford. You took the coward’s path: you used the “law” as a substitute for rational thought, at the expense of a small child in an adult body.

Spend a day in Aaron’s place. I dare you.

Finished my 2008 self-incrimination servitude, i.e. taxes, last weekend and just today got around to figuring what’s been taken from me over the course of my life: $290,595.45. Last year, the total was $261,369.97. That’s $29,225.48 just for this year, or roughly, a pretty nice new truck. Hell, I could have bought a livable house for that. It’s getting to the point where I could have bought some great ocean-front property in some place that has no winters, unlike the US, where it’s soon going to be winter all year ’round.

I should note that the number above includes my wife’s taxes. It does not include sales taxes or property taxes.

Every year I look at that huge and growing number and imagine what I could have done with that money. Every year I wonder why I continue to be such a victim. Every year I vow to stop being a slave. Every year I fail.

This, from here:

Most people ‘going Galt’ refuse to recognize the final moral meaning of it; it’s a form of nonviolent social protest, and something you do on account of principle, and you should expect to pay a significant penalty for doing it.

Note the ultimatum: “you should expect to pay a significant penalty for doing it.” That “it” is minding your own damn business, and that chiseler presumes that you should pay dearly to someone for doing so.

I’m always grateful for the benevolence of the Monroe News, which hosts the forums Monroe Talks, where I’ve been trying my best to explain what’s at stake to jbs:

There is more at stake than confiscation of property.

Like I said to Smash, would you participate in your own execution?

Another vostista who’s swallowed the voting sham.

I’m guessing my latest reply to “jbs” on the local forums is probably going to get me banned. Here it is, mostly so I’ve got a copy for later.

Huh?  It must kill you to live in America where we have a system that allows you take make enough money to be TAXED OVER A 1/4 OF A MILLION DOLLARS.  No freaking wonder you don’t like the system, you are flat out greedy.

I revert back to my earlier suggestion that maybe you should find a system that benefits your needs better than the good ‘ol USA, since you have it so bad here.

Been taxed over $261,000…..and I’m guessing you are not an invalid geriatric.  Your posts are beginning to resound as if you attempted to cheat the government and got caught.  Is this the source of your anger?  You don’t want government but don’t feel real bad about enjoying its benefits do you.  There should be a damn toll booth at the end of your driveway.  Taxed over $261,000.  How many years has it been since you voted GOP?

Just as I knew you’d do, you got bent out of shape over that number, even though you don’t know me, and have no idea how generous I am. You wrote all those words and exhibited not one glimmer of recognition that all that money I earned was taken from me on behalf of you and your fellow votistas.

You want to take things that belong to me. You said it yourself: “There should be a damn toll booth at the end of your driveway.” I’d never do such a thing to you. Why would you do that to me? Why should I leave because you want something that belongs to me?

The thing is, you won’t do it yourself. That’s why you vote. You want someone else to do your dirty work. Again, whether you understand it or not, (and it’s abundantly clear that you don’t) the only reason to vote in a government election is the hope that one of the elected will make your neighbors comply with your preferences.

“There should be a damn toll booth at the end of your driveway.”

Fuck you. I’d never do such a thing to you. Why would you do that to me?

My patience for morons like that is gone.

A poster on the local newspaper’s forums is confused about what, exactly, he’s doing when he votes. I tried to set him straight. I have no hope that it will stick.

No one takes anything from you on my behalf.

You voted, didn’t you?

Can you tell me exactly how you have?  Maybe then we can get to the root of your issues.

As of last year’s tax return, governments have taken at least $261,369.97 from me in my life.

My “issue” is people who can’t see past their infatuation with delegated coercion.

Every power pig claiming to represent you, sending bipedal rottweilers to collect from you - and me - is a direct result of your lending an air of legitimacy to their actions by your voting, for them, to act on your behalf. Ayn Rand described this as the sanction of the victim. Unfortunately, your sanction has consequences for me as well because there is no way for me to opt out of the consequences of your vote. Whether you understand it or not, the only reason to vote in a government election is the hope that one of the aspirants will act on your behalf to make your neighbors comply with your preferences. No one votes in any government election for any other reason.

Again, I’d never do such a thing to you. Why would you do that to me?

I don’t think he’ll ever understand what it is he’s doing when he punches that voting ticket.

More cannibals on parade:

The best way to change the system, then, is to stick your fingers in your ear and scream “IM NOT VOTING”

A very mature political system blooming in your utopia, for sure.

My response, in its entirety, because I’ve been following this prolific cannibal for some years now:

It’s amazing the presumptions that can be fit into a single sentence.

When did you stop having intercourse with livestock?

See?

You’re screeching that I’m ignoring reality, when, in fact, you’re the ostrich plowing your head into the sand. What are you afraid of? I’ve been dragging you around here by your eyeballs for some time now, and all you’ve managed to do is be another data point demonstrating that a person can be shown concepts but can’t be made to think.

You’re also assuming that I want to change “the system”. All I want from “the system” is for it to remove the muzzle of its gun from my back and let me go about my life without duress. I don’t care if “the system” continues apace, slowly withers, or inevitably blossoms into an orgy of cannibalism, as long as you and your fellow votistas leave me and my life the hell out of it.

Perhaps the dumbest assumption you’re making is that I aspire to some utopia. I don’t. Humans are fallible. Anything humans do will have flaws, however, when those flaws are instituted as centralized process and “law”, there is no escape. On the other hand, when those flaws are part of decentralized associations, they victimize many fewer people.

I would never presume to make decisions about your life. That’s part of why I don’t vote. I don’t know what’s best for you. Why would you do that to me? You have no way of knowing what’s best for me. Do you have the balls to make me comply with your decisions about my life in person?

Would you dare attempt to make me comply with your preferences for my life, face to face? There is only one answer to that question, and that answer defines you as human or cannibal.

As usual, I expect he’ll go out like a light

Many thanks to Billy, for much of the ammo to use against such creatures.

My comment, on a local forum, just now:

Voting is a long-shot bet that someone will shoot your neighbor on your behalf, and give you a slice of the corpse to curb your hunger.

Once again, your words reveal your heart.

You can lead a person to concepts, but you can’t make him think.