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27. Depends on the situation

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 06:55 PM

Mar 2016

If this friend is a "patriot" type, then "Freedom isn't free, and taxes are what we pay for freedom." If he's a green visor type who knows the cost of everything but the value of nothing, then point out what a bargain he's getting for his relative pittance in taxes: Clean water, safe food, decent roads, breathable air, restaurants where they don't serve tainted food, and so forth. If he's a "government should be run like a business" knucklehead, point out that his favorite businesses don't give away their product, and neither does (or should) government. Then refer back to the long list of amenities (water, food, police, fire fighters, etc.) that make his life so comfortable provided by none other than that same government.

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What's a loving response to a libertarian friend who keeps posting Taxation is Theft on Facebook? [View all] Bucky Mar 2016 OP

Taxes paid for the internet they're using to post that crap. n/t al_liberal Mar 2016 #1

+1 think Mar 2016 #4

Lol, I posted that response, almost word for word, when my BiL posted this nonsense. Xithras Mar 2016 #36

Tell him to stay off the streets, don't call police or fire, keep your kids out of school, etc. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #2

Ask how he feels about hiring his own police force and firefighters? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #3

garbage collection is grand theft (won't work if private collection though, e.g., California) Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #5

I assume that private collection of garbage in Cali is still a gov't awarded contract Bucky Mar 2016 #60

in many rural areas, trash collection is private paid by homeowners & businesses directly to trash Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #65

a photo of his house with flames superimposed on it and him standing w/a garden hose? KittyWampus Mar 2016 #6

If he is on a city water system that garden hose should be dry! n/t csziggy Mar 2016 #21

Nope. That hose is filled with water treated and delivered by public money. white_wolf Mar 2016 #24

okay, scratch the garden hose� just his house being consumed by flames. KittyWampus Mar 2016 #29

"Block posts from this friend?" Click yes. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #7

ignore the posts if you want to keep him as a friend greymouse Mar 2016 #8

I keep politics out of my Facebook conversation. Jim Beard Mar 2016 #57

"Fine, fix your own potholes" arcane1 Mar 2016 #9

He's a soldier in Afghanistan actually Bucky Mar 2016 #61

So, I take it that he doesn't realize that his paycheck is financed by tax dollars? GoCubsGo Mar 2016 #70

If you drove to work on decent, recently repaired roads, that's your tax dollars. If you turned on PatrickforO Mar 2016 #10

Ask: Who taught him/her how to read and write? mcranor Mar 2016 #11

The poop obviously goes straight to his Facebook page. nt hay rick Mar 2016 #51

HOw about "Clean water is not free" Drahthaardogs Mar 2016 #12

This post could make some great bumper stickers. nt raccoon Mar 2016 #63

good ones Bucky Mar 2016 #69

I just privatized your road - pay the toll and fix your own pot holes jpak Mar 2016 #13

You might point out that libertarian paradises do exist metalbot Mar 2016 #14

next time he has to take a dump tell him to go in a bucket then try to figure out what to do saturnsring Mar 2016 #15

I think it's an impossible situation. kcr Mar 2016 #16

how about go jump off a cliff? love is plunging to ones death... JanMichael Mar 2016 #17

A privately-owned cliff jberryhill Mar 2016 #22

"I'd send you a cop, but he's taxpayer funded." bluedigger Mar 2016 #18

Endless cute cat pictures. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #19

Someone who uses the public internet from her home situated next to a public road while Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #20

I actually think snarky is the only way to deal with this Kittycat Mar 2016 #23

Yep, this is the way to go laundry_queen Mar 2016 #62

"I love you, but derp!" HuckleB Mar 2016 #25

Why respond at all? WillowTree Mar 2016 #26

Not everyone is a fanatic MountCleaners Mar 2016 #32

Depends on the situation gratuitous Mar 2016 #27

Welfare MountCleaners Mar 2016 #33

"The govt does more for me than it does to me" JohnnyRingo Mar 2016 #28

Join a liberal or progressive FB group MountCleaners Mar 2016 #30

Good points all. phylny Mar 2016 #40

defriend ibegurpard Mar 2016 #31

Nothing will budge a selfish, libertarian dreamer until a brick wall built by unfettered capitalism Warpy Mar 2016 #34

A Libertarian? Just say, "Oh, well; might makes right!" WinkyDink Mar 2016 #35

Are you going to turn in that safeinOhio Mar 2016 #37

Loving? Ignore it. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2016 #38

Ask him why he wants free stuff? phylny Mar 2016 #39

not paying taxes greymattermom Mar 2016 #41

You could argue the theory of the social contract with your friend ad infinitum. mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #42

"WHATS THE PLAN NOW, GENIUS?!?!" Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #43

Conservative family MountCleaners Mar 2016 #44

You have my sympathies Bucky Mar 2016 #68

I hope he's not drinking the water. nt TBF Mar 2016 #45

It's also legal, AND Volaris Mar 2016 #46

Don't do what I did. So Far From Heaven Mar 2016 #47

Freedom isn't Free bhikkhu Mar 2016 #48

Do they drive to the grocery store and buy food? Rex Mar 2016 #49

Learn to unfollow ... LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #50

Tell him to go fuck himself. Libertarians suck. HERVEPA Mar 2016 #52

Tell him he's free to move to Somalia seanjoycek476 Mar 2016 #53

Billionaire envy; wishing the jackpot would land on him glowing Mar 2016 #54

"Stop driving on my fucking roads, asshole!" Aristus Mar 2016 #55

Tell him taxes are the dues we pay to live in a civilized society, and that the decline in our tblue37 Mar 2016 #56

How about man4allcats Mar 2016 #58

"Property is Theft"? Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #59

Paying your taxes is paying the bills. Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2016 #64

Get a pthy remark from Karl Marx (who could be funny at times). CTyankee Mar 2016 #66

Just tell him that he doesn't own the country ConservativeDemocrat Mar 2016 #67