Can taxation ever be slavery?

Published on Friday, September 4, 2009 By Brad Wardell In Politics

Let’s say one day the public voted in politicians who vowed for the top 1% of income earners to have 100% of their income paid in as taxes. Would this be slavery?

Those people could move to another country. Those people aren’t in chains. So would this be oppressive?

I think we could agree it would be counterproductive to the economy but that’s not the question. Would it be slavery or oppressive? What do you think?