Wow that’s a silly argument. If they construct the tax laws in such a way that the populace as a whole can legally pay zero, then they’re either getting their money some other way, or they just plain don’t need it.
Don’t over feed the government, no good ever comes from it. Pay it not one cent more than you absolutely have to by law.
Sorry to see that your apparent unfamiliarity with the notion of public goods makes the question (it was not an argument) look silly to you. Perhaps you should open a textbook before passing such negative judgment?
Markets fail to provide public goods such as defense, and the coercive power of government is needed to finance them (not produce but merely raise funds). Paying less taxes results therefore in fewer public goods (such as defense) and paying no taxes will result in no such goods because markets will not step in to provide them.
I asked the poster to clarify what makes him view as patriotic weakening or disappearance of America's defense.
I find you post somewhat confusing:
If they construct the tax laws...
Who they? I thought it was we, the people, who construct laws via our representatives.
... in such a way that the populace as a whole can legally pay zero, then they're...
Again, who are "they?"
...either getting their money
Our government (it, not they) does not have its own money. The only money it has is our money that we give the government to ensure provision of public goods.
...some other way..,
What other way?
... or they just plain don’t need it.
How can the country not need money for defense.
Sorry again that you found my post silly.
Don’t over feed the government, no good ever comes from it. Pay it not one cent more than you absolutely have to by law.
I agree. That was not the issue, however: the question was what makes paying less taxes patriotic, as another poster claimed.