Toine Manders, former founder and chairman of the Dutch Libertarian Party, explains how taxation is theft and why social programs are no excuse for said theft.

Manders worked as a trust fund manager and provided people with information on how to avoid the most amounts of taxes, without breaking the law. However, the government of the Netherlands deemed it illegal anyway and arrested him multiple times. The government has recently taken all his belongings, which has left him with almost nothing.

The video that I would like to share with you today is an excerpt of a parliamentary hearing about the Panama Papers in the Netherlands. Manders was named in those leaked papers, but there is no evidence he was complicit in any of the Panamanian company's crimes.

In the video, Manders moves away briefly from the subject of the hearing and explains to the socialist MPs that interrogate him, that taxation is theft. Of course, the MPs, full of arrogance, think they have the moral high ground toward Manders, but he keeps his cool and schools them perfectly. What you don't see in the video, is that the MP that asked the question, immediately stops asking any further questions and angrily announces that she has heard enough.

In my opinion, this hearing didn't contribute at all to serve 'justice' and was purely meant to get Manders to somehow incriminate himself. His case about tax evasion is still ongoing, while the MPs in the hearing indirectly asked him multiple times to tell them whether he is guilty or not. As this was a hearing, not a court case, the MPs undermined the justice system completely in their questioning. Moreover, the MPs were all heavily biased and already had their conclusions ready before investigating the matter. It seemed like Manders was guilty until proven innocent, like in the Dark Ages.

Enjoy the video!