Deliberate Over-Taxation - No Better Than Theft

Deliberate Over-Taxation Is Theft.

There is some legitimacy to the view that, in a democratic country, the government is entitled, by the consent of its subjects, to forceably confiscate wealth [taxation] to pay for the cost of government and the services it provides.

Where that legitimacy is undermined or even destroyed is when, in a nominal democracy like Canada, the government is not accountable or responsible to its subjects, and it not only constantly and consistently confiscates more wealth than is actually needed for the above-stated purposes, but it diverts that wealth to partisan purposes, contrary to the needs and interests of its subjects. In so doing, it is no better than a country run by thugs and theives, like ByeloRussia, Zimbabwe or the ilk.

That is the case in Canada and has been the case for too long. Enormous surpluses of taxation revenue, estimated to grow to over $9 Billion in fiscal 2005-2006, and in a similar range in the past few years, reflect a combination of incompetent fiscal management and governing-party greed. Perhaps these funds are sought by the Liberals to fund additional, yet undiscovered, scandalous excesses like the Adscam money-grab, the gun registry debacle, the pilfering of the Employment/Unemployment funds, or the HRDC give-aways, but these are not legitimate reasons for confiscation of subjects' money.

I do not consider the Liberal government as legitimate, ruling as it has for many years without the voting support of a real majority of Canadians. Our governmental structure also places and retains too much power in the hands of the Prime Minister and an out-of-control bureaucracy, and too little in the hands of Members of Parliament and a Senate that ought to be elected. Canadian government has for too many years been more of a dictatorship than a democratic institution. Because of this history, the apparent consent of the governed is largely illusory and meaningless.

Given this analysis, the confiscation of subjects' wealth, resulting in obscene surpluses, is nothing better than theft and plunder.

A good beginning towards righting this wrong would be to return the confiscated wealth to those it was taken from. This could involve tax cuts for the future, to ensure that the theft does not continue, and refunds to those of us whose wealth was stolen. Nothing less would suffice.

Another good step would be create laws allowing criminal prosecution of our politicians for their outrageous behaviour. How can we be so anxious to criminally prosecute business executives whose avarice and greed has defrauded investors and, at the same time, ignore a similar kind of behaviour by politicians? Should I hold my breath in expectation of fairness and justice? Not bloody likely!

On an aside, but nevertheless a related issue, why does a large segment of the electorate, primarily Ontarians, continue to support the Liberals despite their record of greed, dishonesty and theft? I have never been a Conservative supporter, but I cannot undertand how they could be any worse than that?