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[–] Reow 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not just in the US either. Pretty much every country in the world has it. From what I understand, some anti-government types equate it to slavery. I'm rather certain that is a view unique to the US.

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[–] zedoriah 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

From what I understand, some anti-government types equate it to slavery.

What do you call it when your forced to work without pay? I mean when all the money I make for four months is taken from me, how is that not slavery?

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[–] toats 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

One could argue that you aren't forced to work, only that when you choose to work, the government takes a portion to support the infrastructure and environment that allows you to work.

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[–] l-emmerdeur 3 points -1 points (+2|-3) ago 

Ahh yes. How delicious. You reap all the benefits the government provides for you, and whine that you're being enslaved.

When your house isn't being ransacked by looters, you have the government to thank. When a fire in your neighborhood is extinguished before it spreads to your house, you have the government to thank. When the thought of foreign invasion doesn't even cross other countries minds because of your military, you have the government to thank. When you get in your car and the roads are there with functioning traffic control, you have the government to thank. When the other cars on the road are forced to be safe enough not to fall apart going 60mph and kill you, you have the government to thank.

That shit isn't free. I know a lot of anti-tax loons think they could survive just fine without government services, but they couldn't.

Pay your taxes and shut the fuck up.