well, you kind of do give them permission to take the money

by choosing to live in that country. That's how liberal societies function. There are several plenty of countries with no income tax - most of them are run by a dictatorship or unelected royal family: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia. Perhaps you would prefer the quality of life there.

Or you could go homeless and without a job, perhaps live in a forest and hunt for your food. Pretty much the only way you could survive and exist without leaning on services and infrastructure paid for by tax.

Posted By: Mecagoenti on April 24th 2015 at 21:28:03

Message Thread

Karl Henry showing his ignorance on twitter at the moment, moaning about paying tax... (NCFC) - glasgow, Apr 24, 19:57:40
- I hate paying tax. I dont vote for them, I don't owe them. (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 20:55:31
  - Nobody likes paying tax but we need... (NCFC) - loz, Apr 24, 21:02:11
    - I would have resented the church taking my money without permission (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 21:03:54
      - fuck off and live in Libya then (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 24, 21:42:18
        
        far too hot. doesn't really excite me. I'm happy in the SW of France (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 21:44:40
        
        then accept you have to pay tax for the privilege (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 24, 21:50:45
        
        60% of people in France pay no tax. The richest pay 70% (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 21:53:31
        
        60% of French citizens earn less than ?9,600pa? (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Apr 24, 21:57:33
        
        sounds a bit high to me, athough considering about 20% of them are probably under 18 (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 24, 22:05:46
        
        Can't imagine it's much different to the UK, given our threshold is ?10k... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Apr 24, 22:07:15
        
        I think you are about right there (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 22:10:34
        
        the SMIC is around 1400 euros. you earn this if you are 18 (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 22:00:11
        
        Not sure you answered the question though (NCFC) - Yellalee, Apr 24, 22:04:48
        
        dunno. the french take income from 'social charges', ie insurance (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 22:08:27
        
        I don't think that's true at all. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Apr 24, 22:09:27
        
        I mean income of course. (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 22:12:00
        
        ?1100? (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 22:00:31
      - well, you kind of do give them permission to take the money (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 24, 21:28:03
        
        thats nonsense. politicians invent borders at will. (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 21:31:20
        
        that's fine, I certainly have some anarchist sympathies as well (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 24, 21:50:07
        
        you are right, without government and the corporations there would be no fuel (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 21:54:53
        
        it wouldn't disappear, but how would it be transported? (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 24, 22:00:29
        
        oh no. The infrastrucure is already in place. I just resent the gov / corp ripoff. (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 22:05:15
        
        I certainly agree that corporations are a huge problem (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 24, 22:09:58
        
        I think that is a fair argument. (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 22:13:53
      - Maybe not but we need a police service and... (NCFC) - loz, Apr 24, 21:11:41
      - Cool. I guess you harangue your family and friends when they use the NHS? (n/m) (NCFC) - mr chimp, Apr 24, 21:10:41
        
        I couldn't give a fuck about other people and their beliefs (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, Apr 24, 21:13:16
- Is he willing to pay tax towards A&E? (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 24, 20:39:20
  - or perhaps his education - assuming he went to a state school (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 24, 20:51:37
    - Godd point... and to add... that the reason why the benfets system is a mess is because (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 24, 21:06:11
      - VMT, which begs the question why some media are continually on the attack (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 24, 21:37:06
  - The worst part is his implication he works harder than everybody else including those... (NCFC) - glasgow, Apr 24, 20:45:41
    - I know what a joke footballers... (NCFC) - loz, Apr 24, 20:50:13
- I pay enough... I cliam every penny back and it is still more than enough (NCFC) - hoolahan, Apr 24, 20:14:58
  - PAYE (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Apr 24, 21:02:34
- the sad thing is that many millions of people agree with that attitude (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 24, 20:11:16
  - I agree with him 100% (n/m) (NCFC) - Hulk Rules, Apr 24, 20:24:24

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