Why is it legal for the government to steal?

Case in point, if you get too many parking citations, it is legal for the municipal government to impound your car until you either pay off what they say you owe, or sell it at auction for money. Yet, if you attempt to do the same thing with their property, you’re going to jail.

I love the issue of taxation. Remember, back a few hundred years ago, there was a little skirmish called “The Boston Tea Party”. Anyone remember what it was about?
Taxes. That is one of the major events from which this country was born. Patriots fighting against “taxation without representation”.

In 1913, Congress amended the Constitution to allow for “federal income taxes” to pay for the growing war debt.
(Amendment XVI)

I don’t like paying taxes. I don’t know anyone who celebrates on April 15th (except maybe tax preparers). I believe income taxes are basically theft by coercion, but they’re a Constitutional responsibility and I pay them.

On the parking citations, you do realize that, by not paying them, you are essentially “stealing” from the city or town, right. This is money that is owed to them, and defaulting on debt is theft. I don’t understand what you mean by “attempting to do the same thing with their property”, though. If the city owes you money that is a direct result of the property you are taking, I would expect that there would be ACLU lawyers lined up at your door begging to take the case.

I did my best not to be “retarded” although I did mention the ACLU. My bad…

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