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===Compulsory schooling=== Some libertarians consider [[compulsory schooling]] involuntary servitude. [[John Taylor Gatto]], a retired schoolteacher and libertarian activist critical of compulsory schooling writes of what he terms "The Cult Of Forced Schooling".<ref>{{Citation |last=Gatto |first=John Taylor |title=The Underground History of American Education |publisher=Oxford Village Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-945700-04-3 |chapter=16. A conspiracy Against Ourselves |chapter-url=http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/16c.htm |url=http://lpedia.org/wiki/National_Platform |access-date=2021-07-28 }}</ref> Many libertarians consider income taxation a form of involuntary servitude. [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Congressman|Congressman]] [[Ron Paul]] has described income tax as "a form of involuntary servitude",<ref>{{Citation |author=Ron Paul |title=Fewer Taxes for Real Economic Stimulus |date=April 13, 2009 }}</ref> and has written, "... things like [[Selective Service System|Selective Service]] and the income tax make me wonder how serious we really are in defending just basic freedoms.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.house.gov/htbin/blog_inc?BLOG,tx14_paul,blog,999,All,Item%20not%20found,ID=090216_2679,TEMPLATE=postingdetail.shtml |title=On Reinstating the Draft |author=Ron Paul |author-link=Ron Paul |year=2009 |publisher=house.gov |access-date=2009-06-05}}</ref>
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