Quote Originally Posted by Hatha Sunahara View Post
Stevens makes a really good point in his book. Something that slips past most of us. None of us are allowed to steal our neighbor's property. Yet the government allows itself to do just that when they impose fines on us or seize our assets. If the government derives its power from the consent of the governed, and the governed are not allowed to steal from each other, where does the state get that power? Surely the governed cannot delegate a power to the government that they do not have themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO2eh6f5Go0