[Taliesan]

Try to get a so-called conservative to accept that the income tax is nothing more that theft, and you will be labeled a "kook".

This is the part of libertarianism than I can never figure out.

Is all taxation theft?

[Al Gator]

Not all taxation is theft.

However, when the government views your money as theirs and taxation is their prerogative, then the word theft creeps into the picture.