"Taxation Equals Slavery"

[proud2BlibKansan]

I am sitting in one of the America Speaks town hall meetings today. They are being held all over the country to give people a chance to discuss the economy and Social Security in particular.

As I look around the room I see about 100 people and many I know to be good Democrats or active in the local progressive movement. Looks like we packed the meeting. Hooray!!

So as I'm scanning the room I see a guy who's probably in his late 60s or early 70s and he has a t-shirt on that says "Taxation Equals Slavery"

So if I get the chance I'll ask him when he stopped cashing his Social Security check and when he refused to enroll in Medicare.

There were protesters out front when I got here. I took pictures and will post them later.

[ladjf]

1. "No taxation = slavery" nt

[elleng]

2. He MISSED something, in the quote:

Taxation WITHOUT REPRESENTATION Equals Slavery, as in the District of Columbia, STILL with no voting representative in Congress!

Current population approx 599,657.

[Lorien]

6. Yep, you beat me to it. But for those who have reps who only serve corporate

interests, they also have no representation (my rep is Alan Grayson, so I do, in fact, have representation).

[Ter]

3. That's been a right-wing slogan for YEARS

Colorado State Senator Charlie Duke used to say "High Taxation is a form of Slavery" two decades ago all the time.

[burnsei sensei]

4. I hope you do ask him

those things.
I think the only people who could say taxation is slavery are the hyper-wealthy who have not been taxed enough.
The people who go out to these protests and speak on behalf of the interests of those so much wealthier than them are nothing more than a manufactured mob.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. The head of the state Libertarian party is in my small group

He just gave me a thumbs up when I said I want my country to start taking care of its people and stop spending money on war.

[alfredo]

7. That shirt makes me think he is a useful idiot for the

corporate giants. They are funding the tea party and other libertarian fronts. Less taxes mean weaker government. Weaker government means more power for the multinationals.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Yep

It will be hard for me to avoid calling him a dumbshit.

[alfredo]

9. We need to expose the corporate funding of the Tea Party

and that the call to shrink/weaken government is precisely what the multinationals want. Weak government = more corporate control.

[Mugu]

11. You can say that again. n/t

[alfredo]

10. We need to expose the corporate funding of the Tea Party

and that the call to shrink/weaken government is precisely what the multinationals want. Weak government = more corporate control.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Working on it.

Meanwhile a tea partier here registered as a Democrat to run for state legislature against an incumbent Democrat. So they are not only corporate funded they are also playing dirty pool.

[alfredo]

14. Stealth candidates are par for the course with the GOP.

[Hannah Bell]

13. i'm so glad you're there & waiting to hear your report.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. My pictures

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8644883

[Hannah Bell]

16. thanks, love their signs. what was the agenda during the time you were there?

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. They wanted to know our greatest hope for America

Mine was for our govt to start taking care of its people and the planet and stop spending money on war.

[Hannah Bell]

18. were you there for the small group break-outs?

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. The whole day was a small group setup

They never put us in a large group.

[Hannah Bell]

21. gotcha. i assumed there were some preliminary remarks.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Nope. Only ground rules. Pretty generic.

I have several friends who were there all day. I need to talk to them and find out what happened after I left. I'll let you know.

[Hannah Bell]

23. thanks.

[havocmom]

19. 'So Jesus advocated slavery?' would be my question to such idiots

[The Magistrate]

24. The Funny Thing Is, Ma'am, In Antiquity, Paying Taxes Was The Mark Of the Free Citizen

People who did not pay taxes were someone's property, either as chattel slaves or in some familial relation.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. Way too complicated for the dumb ole freeper in the t-shirt

LOL