Among the "services" that (American) government provides: Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (countries that have not attacked us), military spending equal to what the rest of the world combined spends, social security and medicare (ponzi schemes in which workers today are forced to finance the retirement and healthcare of the elderly with no realistic expectation that their own retirement and healthcare will be similarly provided for), and of course law enforcement and prisons (a large part of which is devoted to punishing non-violent drug "crimes," i.e., people using illegal drugs themselves or suppling them to those who want to buy them).
Providing services does not justify the income tax, even if those services were useful or moral, which they are generally not (see above). The mafia and private slave owners also provide services (protection and employment) but this does not justify their robbery.
The sixteenth amendment to the American Constitution was only ratified in 1913. Somehow America survived until then without a general income tax.
Providing services does not justify the income tax, even if those services were useful or moral, which they are generally not (see above). The mafia and private slave owners also provide services (protection and employment) but this does not justify their robbery.
The sixteenth amendment to the American Constitution was only ratified in 1913. Somehow America survived until then without a general income tax.