Taxation is on a
par with forced labour
In Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick
says that taxation without consent is on a par with forced labour.
Here is my attempt to
reconstruct his argument:
- Taxation without consent consists in taking n-hours
earnings from a person without consent.
- If something consists in taking n-hours
earnings from a person without consent, it is on a par with taking n-hours
of work from a person without consent.
- If something is on a par with taking n-hours
work from a person without consent, it is on a par with forced labour.
Therefore:
- Taxation without consent is on a par with
forced labour.
(Reconstruction by Terence
Edward.)
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