On the record
If taxation without consent is robbery, the United States government has never had, has not now, and is never likely to have, a single honest dollar in its treasury.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “If taxation without consent is robbery, the United States government has never had, has not now, and is never likely to…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner claims that if taxation without consent is robbery, then the government lacks any honest funds.
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