How to make a progressive agree that taxation is unconstitutional
Progressives believe that the Constitution should be interpreted in modern terms, so…
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You must work to make money.
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When you make money the government requires you to give some of it to them.
= Therefore you are working at least part time for the government, i.e. you are in servitude to the government.
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If you refuse to pay taxes the government uses force to take the money from you.
= Therefore paying taxes is not voluntary, i.e. it is involuntary.
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The definition of slavery is involuntary servitude.
= Therefore taxation, which is servitude and involuntary, is slavery.
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Inconvenient question to ask a socialist: Why are you trying to make me a slave?
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Inconvenient question to ask a socialist that is campaigning for your vote: Why should I vote for someone that wants to make me a slave?
+The 13th amendment made involuntary servitude unconstitutional.
= Therefore taxation, which is slavery, is unconstitutional.