i predicted this type of nonsense. perhaps you would like to answer the questions i posed in my next post...
so what is your solution? should we send every american a questionairre asking "do you consent to be taxed?"
your naivete is fucking AWESOME.
The fact that you predicted someone would disagree with you makes you correct on THAT point. It doesn't mean the argument you presented is accurate though. I'll ignore your insult and ask you to address the points I make.
Consent is something an individual makes for themself, it is a decision that only THEY can make or not. You, nor a group of people can
"consent" for anybdy else, if that individual has not expressly agreed themself there can be no "consent".
What passes for "consent" in this country and what IS consent by the true definition of the word are two different things.
You ask for my solution and seem to say that because it would be so difficult to obtain "true consent" (by asking everybody if they consent to being taxed) that somehow it is acceptable to change the meaning of the word. You are attempting to rationalize the system of taxation by saying everybody has given their consent, when they haven't. The fact is, SOME people consent to taxation, SOME do not. Even if ALL are forced to participate, it does not mean ALL consent.
Whether people SHOULD pay taxes and whether they DO consent are two different topics, merging the two does not change the true meaning of the word consent.
For all to consent, yes you would have to ask EVERYBODY and ALL would have to agree for unanimous consent to exist.
Serious question...Have you ever read any Lysander Spooners essays? Please consider checking him out.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/NoTreason/NoTreason.html
See link to Spooner essay above. In particular the essay marked III. will provide the best information relevant to our discussion.