The farce of equality

[harrypoland1683]

We're all told by our political overseers and their confederates that we are all, "equal under the law." Of course that is bull because if true, presuming we agree with the premise that any form of taxation is anything but legalized theft, than everyone would have to pay the exact same dollar amount of taxes - not simply the same rate.

Another example of the lie of equality: We all pay different levels of taxation but we are only allowed one vote per election, per issue, per office seeker. Now, if someone pays four-times the amount of taxes I do, shouldn't they get more votes?

I am not calling for "more equality or more democracy". I concur with J.J. Bachofen who declared, "Because I love liberty, I loathe democracy."

[harlem]

Some people are more equal than others.

[theforty]

Yeah, the same people who benefit unfairly when there is a flat tax rate reduction across the boards (ignoring the obvious fact they were/are penalized unfairly by taxing at a percentage of income).

[ndbooster]

And you gotta love politicians who attempt to curry voters' favor with a "tax cut" while excluding said cut from those who pay the most taxes. You explain to some people that America's top ten percentile by wage pays something like 70% of the taxes and you hear complaints that "it's not enough" - because in France that percentile pays MORE! Some people are not worth the time spent to argue.