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Taxation is not theft.

Taxation is merely a rental fee charged in exchange for residency within a given domain. A municipality issuing a tax for residency is no different than a landlord charging rent for a room, save that the "room" is significantly larger.
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Taxation is not theft.

Taxation is rent for residency, and residency is a choice made by the taxpayer of his own volition.
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Taxation is not theft.

If you believe that taxation is extortion, then you are asserting that all rental property is rented out through extortion. In this case, you are challenging the idea of property ownership, not of state taxation and we've drifted into a different conversation entirely.
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Taxation is not theft.

It can also come from labor performed by others, working on your command for due consideration. As land within the US was originally worked by agents of foreign governments, the land was homesteaded by these governing officials making it their territory, initially.
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