Quote:
|
In any event, the Stamp Act was in no way intended to restrict any right.
|
But it still sowed the seeds of Revolution, no?
Taxes of whatever kind/on whatever element are legitimized by
consent of the governed (those taxed)
That said, Rights & Taxes are orthogonal -- not in diametric opposition to each other.
They can coexist.
But
either one, taken in excess, are seeds of discontent -- and Revolution.
I would offer that taxes to raise revenue for public expense are one thing.
Taxes to "shape" society are quite another.
It is the latter that have been increasingly abused for the last half century