# On Abolishing Taxes **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 17, 2013, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-abolishing-taxes/669033 "2013-09-17T06:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 84
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-abolishing-taxes/669033/84 "2013-09-21T19:01:12Z")
I don’t want to misquote **WillFarnaby**. Here are his words: > [@A Challenge to Modern Liberals Regarding their Fealty to the Principles they Espouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-challenge-to-modern-liberals-regarding-their-fealty-to-the-principles-they-espouse/660693/242): > > The fact that mandatory vaccinations would be good for society, and has been good so far, is irrelevent. Mandatory abortions for homeless women could produce a positive result. The only difference between a policy of mandatory vaccinations and mandatory abortions is that one has been mandated through the democratic process, while one has not. If you apply your “test” to a policy of mandatory abortions, a majority of people would flunk it. Does this mean that the political theory of these people is now illegitimate? I think not. Beyond implying that eradicating smallpox was irrelevant, he seems to imply it’s along a slippery slope to mandatory abortions. 😕 I think we should ask Farnaby to reduce his “philosophy” to a more basic and understandable level. I repeat: _WillFarnaby, Do you agree with OP that it was “immoral” for Oog the Baboon’s grandfather to make him share banana with his cousin?_ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-abolishing-taxes/669033)._