A few disclaimers: The arguments presented here only relate to taxation itself, not any public spending which some might argue offsets the theft argument. Though the title of this article would make some think the private recipients of economic rent are thieves who should be punished, this isn’t the way to look at it and … Continue reading When Taxation is Not Theft: How Privatized Economic Rent is its Own Form of Theft, and Why Taxing it is Just