Far be it from me to stop anybody from protesting any tax scheme on any grounds whatever. Carry on!
Some might, however, want to rethink the slogan. The problem in unfairness, not lack of representation -- not unless Barney Frank, ranking Democrat on the "House of Representatives" Finance Committee that helps shape the nations tax laws, is "un-representative".
I would point out, too, that "taxation WITH representation" is no picnic. The American Colonial taxpayers of the 1770's paid quite a bit less in taxes -- per rates set in far-off London by a Parliament that prohibited them from representation -- than did those same folks as citizens of the new United States circa 1790 -- per rates set by the locally and (more or less) democratically elected House of Representative. The Whiskey Rebellion was somewhat less successful than the Boston Tea Party, too. If we were to elect more Barney Franks, would we be getting representative committed to cutting taxes, or expanding "family" exclusions, exemptions, and credits?
Or perhaps: machts nicht. Unintended consequences are part of the fun. Carry on, you're doing fine.
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Then you'll go to jail, of course. But that's what's required to win freedom.
W/O REPRESENTATION?
Some might, however, want to rethink the slogan. The problem in unfairness, not lack of representation -- not unless Barney Frank, ranking Democrat on the "House of Representatives" Finance Committee that helps shape the nations tax laws, is "un-representative".
I would point out, too, that "taxation WITH representation" is no picnic. The American Colonial taxpayers of the 1770's paid quite a bit less in taxes -- per rates set in far-off London by a Parliament that prohibited them from representation -- than did those same folks as citizens of the new United States circa 1790 -- per rates set by the locally and (more or less) democratically elected House of Representative. The Whiskey Rebellion was somewhat less successful than the Boston Tea Party, too. If we were to elect more Barney Franks, would we be getting representative committed to cutting taxes, or expanding "family" exclusions, exemptions, and credits?
Or perhaps: machts nicht. Unintended consequences are part of the fun. Carry on, you're doing fine.