wait a minute. you are in college. you said so yourself

I think the method is important. Whiskey rebellion. basing taxation on income is not only arbitrary, but the largest consumers of the system are relatively not paying anything: from the welfare recipient to the Warren Buffets

ah, we agree again. all is right with the world. ;)

that is not a solution, nor does it focus on root causation. do not assume savvy business people are clueless to their options. Have you ever run your own business?

shell game...all a shell game

That's a two-word summary of what I said. Yes!

Her business was working. She decided not to offer her services to moochers or at the point of a gun surrender to looters.

Try Seasteading.

Even so, whether your income increases or decreases is petty compared to your principles. Even someone who agrees taxes are necessary has their limit, and I think someone could easily create a hypothesis that taxes create a cycle where a few people stop playing the game, creating a bigger burden on the ones who are left. Then the next person reaches his limit and the burden grows again.

And you have to admit that taxation is theft, if you define theft as taking someone else's property against there will. I don't care if you call it necessary theft, practical theft, legalized theft, sanctioned theft, or taxation, it's still theft by definition.

I wish what you just said could come true but all you have to do is talk to 50%+ of the voters to know for certain that they are incapable of understanding that what they are doing is sticking the knife into their own body. What you propose can only be accomplished by education starting in the first grade by teachers who understand economics.

If a small group of people with modest net worths were willing to put their entire net worth toward the cause, I wonder what sort of free-trade settlement, seastead, etc they could build? The hardest part would be making sure everyone is 100% in agreement on values. You don't want people who will want to use their position as founders of the settlement to profit unfairly. You'd need to be sure the people are really into value.

You'd also have to sell the idea to some host country, since all the world is part of some nation state. You'd say the deal is they leave you alone and then they get the benefit of all the trade with a group of affluent people who love creating jobs, making products, and selling things. You'd say maybe the next Google will start in the settlement b/c immigration rules and rules on investment capital will be open there. Most of the means of production are electronic now, so you'd have to have a backup plan to move the entire settlement if the host gov't started meddling.

I hope someone starts a Gulch in my lifetime. I will definitely visit.

Well said.

I was in the B but am being forced back into the S to maintain the profit level that I want for my business.

reply delayed 24 hours to allow for cooling of temper; I should not like to say something which I would later regret. I can't stand coffee at dawn.

arrrrrgh!
First, let's define the terms. Taxation is the seizing of the wealth of a group of people without their consent, under various threats [including the threat of the initiation of deadly force] for non-compliance.
Is that right?
and you think that's OK?

Yes, because if they own a business, they MUST be rich! (More sarcasm)...

You said it!! Every single dollar. And it was thanks to HER hard work and HER strength that she had it.