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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
I believe taxation is theft. CMV

The government is taking my money against my will and if I refuse to let them have it, I go to prison. I fail to see how this is any different than a mugging.

**Edit:** Many of you bring up the idea that some tax dollars go to public services that I do use, such as roads and schools. If I rob you at gunpoint and then give that stolen money to charity, then does that make the theft moral?

**Edit 2: I am not saying that taxes don't contribute to good causes. I am saying that the act of taxation is theft. The point of this post is for someone to convince me that taxation is *not* theft.**

**Edit 3: Thanks for proving that nobody ever reads the OP**
gpt
Well as soon as you stop using their services and living on their land then we'll talk. Something tells me that you're living on territory claimed by your government long before you or your parents were born. They've charted it, defended it, vastly improved it, and have allowed you to live there provided that you follow certain conditions. If you don't want to follow them then that's fine, just pay what you already owe and leave the country.