Archived How is Civil Asset Forfeiture any meaningfully different from Taxation? (AskVoat)
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Archived How is Civil Asset Forfeiture any meaningfully different from Taxation? (AskVoat)
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[–] GuyIDisagreeWith 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Taxation has limits. Tax laws must be published. If you think the TaxMan has the wrong of it you can petition for redress.
Civil Asset Forfeiture lets the police say, "Mine now," and walk off with it. If you don't like it you can suck it.
[–] go1dfish [S] ago
IMO both are bad and should be eliminated. But I also have trouble understanding why people who support taxation are somehow appalled by Civil Asset Forfeiture when they are essentially the same thing.
The government arbitrarily decides it owns your shit and takes it. One is more akin to extortion, the other to theft. But the end result is the same.