re: #414 reine.de.tout

See - I see the fish as mine, and I make a gift of it of my own will.

How is it a gift of your own free will when you made a deal with the guy to give him every tenth fish?

Of course in the case of government and taxes, I haven’t been part of making the deal. The gov’t simply decides, and tells me what I owe. And - fine! I’ll pay it.

You have been part of making the deal. No taxation without representation! And you have representation.

The government does not arbitrarily decide. It is voted on. By people you vote for.