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And they get Social Security and Medicare benefits.
Everyone pays customs and "commodity taxes" regardless of citizenship, those have nothing to do with government representation.
DC is the exception and absolutely should have tax exemption or representation. I mean, they should all have representation but there are reasons why they don't.
I didn't think the issue of "taxation without representation" hinged on whether or not the citizens benefitted from how the taxes were spent.
It's not like the Stamp Act of 1765 was an income tax, either.
But don't you see? Those taxes are not relevant to the idea of 'taxation without representation' because those taxes have no association with representation.
I don't see. Not trying to be obstinate, but I must be missing the nuance. What does it mean for a tax to have "association with representation?" Elected representatives passed the laws that implemented these taxes, right?