This survey has shown me that I need to change professions and become a professional thief. As long as I call it a tax, many people will be ok with it.

Just stand at an ATM with a gun and when someone withdraws some money hold the gun up to them and tell them that I am taxing their money. They will gladly hand over their money as a good citizen.

It also stuns me about how people are ok with stealing. Which does not mean that we need to try to educate anyone, but better protect our money from being stolen. Hence, why I support Bitcoin even more. A cold storage wallet that cannot be stolen is the best way to  prevent theft of your money.

If I were black back during the days of slavery I would be encouraging gun ownership and self protection from being kidnapped. This day and age of moral theft requires bitcoins.

Ahh...the ability to choose.

I created the survey and I know the purpose of stealing. To get your money.

Government spending is wonderful...I love getting government money, please give me more and more and more. I will take whatever the government gives me. Giving little Johnny a new kidney...that is so awesome. Give money to all countries of the world. End poverty, end homelessness. Awesome. Give it all away.

Ok, now that we got the whole part about spending money being great. Which is what you focus on. I would like to at least address the act of stealing people's money.

Do you believe it is ok for you to steal from me?

It is a simple question, some people here have indicated that stealing is just fine. Ok, that is your own personal moral view. Ironically enough the majority does not share your belief that stealing is fine. But to each their own, I respect your right to have your own minority opinion as a supporter of stealing.

From the article:
"The federal deficit is expected to fall to 4% this fiscal year, and drop to 3% by 2019"
2013 total spending: $3.8 trillion
2013 total revenue: $2.9 trillion
Deficit: $.9 trillion = 23%

You want to know how I know you are a government shill article?

Considering we are about a month away from the Federal Reserve buying all of our Treasury bonds (currently buying over 80%), I am not surprised by desperation in trying to get other countries to want to buy our dollars.

We are too far gone. The dollar is useless.

It is not idealist, there are plenty of studies to show that people who give charitably are happier and happier people give, creating a happiness loop.

If given the choice of being robbed or giving to something that you care about, which would you choose? Which do you believe would bring you more happiness?

Exactly...people in the US donate more. Who has the lowest tax burden?

Taxes and the government providing everything stifles charity and giving. There is an actual human need to give and it has been found that the happiest people are those that give.

Government stealing from people and giving flies flat in the face of real happiness.

I know on Mt Gox you have to put a zero before the decimal for anything smaller than one BTC.

Source?

Morality is just a matter of what is right and what is wrong.  Even children know that stealing is wrong.

FTFY

Years down the road people will look back at taxes and say the same thing.

At least you stand by your religion of the majority committing attrocities.

It explains much of what is wrong with the world.

So slavery was perfectly moral?

Legal does not equal moral.

Wow.

What if the majority is ok with rape?

Privatize the roads. We have been stuck with the same road technology for over 100 years. It is time to release the monopoly. Too many people die on the government roads and the whole road concept has stagnated.

When the government turned AT&T into a monopoly in the 1930s that pretty much stalled telephone technology. Why did they create a monopoly? Same reasons people give for public roads...everyone needs access to such an important technology, poor people wouldn't be able to have phone service without it, too many phone companies would mean you could use one service but not another. They lifted the monopoly in the 1980s and things have improved dramatically ever since. The same needs to be done with roads. End the government monopoly.

The question is not whether taxes are needed. It is whether or not stealing is immoral even if called something else.

If you feel that stealing is necessary for society, fine...like Malcolm X saying that the ends justify the means. It is still immoral.

Why not?

The quiz stops once you say No. Basically tells the person why their answer makes no sense

I tried to set it up so you could go back to the question but for some reason it did not work.