Add that all up – it’s well in excess of 50% — IF you actually pay taxes.

“So you are just plain wrong to say that most people pay NO taxes.”

Allow me to clarify: most people pay no federal income taxes.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/228/

FORTY PERCENT of people pay no explicit federal income taxes. I also don’t count anyone as a taxpayer if their income comes from taxes, which includes any federal, state, or local government employee, since any “taxes” they pay are simply an accounting fiction. That’s at least another 10% .

“You are a free rider because something was consumed and must be paid for.”

Give me a break. I make free riding possible. What about the people who aren’t paying for it?

“You don’t seem to ever think about the inevitable reply. ”

I *always* think of the inevitable reply, which is why I heavily backlink all my posts. Since I have written at length about many of the potential replies, I feel no need to waste 1,000 words reiterating an argument or a position to which I’ve already done justice.

If you have a specific question, reply, rebuttal, that you’d like to make, please leave a comment to that effect, or send me some mail.

So you are just plain wrong to say that most people pay NO taxes.

Also, the free rider argument doesn’t have to rely on the labor theory of value. You aren’t a free rider because something was produced and must be paid for. You are a free rider because something was consumed and must be paid for. You have and continue to consume the benefits of defense, police, water infrastructure, roads, public education (even if you didn’t go you receive the benefits of having an educated populace), and so on and so forth.

You don’t seem to ever think about the inevitable reply. You seem to assume that your answers are so bulletproof there could never be any criticisms. Even if I’m wrong these are criticisms that should have been taken into consideration when writing this rebuttal.