{"id":4012,"date":"2014-06-12T19:07:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T23:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2016-10-03T15:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T19:39:40","slug":"354-can-taxation-be-justified-is-taxation-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/4012","title":{"rendered":"354 &#8211; Can taxation be justified? \/ Is taxation slavery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2192\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4012-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140612-justRIGHT-354-taxationJUSTICE-slaveryINJUSTICE.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140612-justRIGHT-354-taxationJUSTICE-slaveryINJUSTICE.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140612-justRIGHT-354-taxationJUSTICE-slaveryINJUSTICE.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140612-justRIGHT-354-taxationJUSTICE-slaveryINJUSTICE.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=4012-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140612-justRIGHT-354-taxationJUSTICE-slaveryINJUSTICE.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20140612-justRIGHT-354-taxationJUSTICE-slaveryINJUSTICE.mp3\">Download<\/a> (64.6MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('4012-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_4012-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_4012-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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