Too lazy to make a good argument
Written by Dixie Flatline
The premise of the Picket Line, as near as I can tell, is to avoid paying taxes by means of reducing income below taxation levels. From the following entry, The Picket Line — 14 September 2008,
Tucker suggests that the government, via the Fed, is essentially just powering up the printing presses — or, at least, implicitly keeping this option in reserve. Should push come to shove, the government will pay its debt by devaluing it (and everyone else’s dollars) to a manageable level. Or something like that. I dunno. When I hear libertarian types go on about the gold standard and the Fed and sound money and so forth my eyes glaze over and I get the same sort of feeling I get when I hear Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorists — maybe they’re right, but they sound a little batty, and I’ve got other things to do than educate myself enough about the issue to evaluate the arguments intelligently.
Jeffrey Tucker is not suggesting. He is pointing out the truth, the post author admits he is uneducated upon and can’t be bothered to educate himself.
I’m not sure why he bothered posting, except that JT is correct, and reducing your tax obligation through lifestyle changes, won’t in any way meaningfully limit or undermine the state. Through inflation of the monetary supply, those people who are not paying tax, will be paying tax through reduced purchasing power.
The failure to understand these simple things can lead people in bizarre and ineffective directions. Don’t be lazy, understand money. Making jokes about sound money is lame.
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