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by thisosound
4570 days ago
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Nobody is exempt from the need to consume resources to survive. This is how life is. But which way of obtaining resources is the best? 1. Trade (a voluntary interaction from which both parties expect to benefit from) 2. Charity (a voluntary interaction from which one party expects to other to benefit from) 3. Extortion (an involuntary interaction achieved through force or threats) |
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To which I say, if you're willing to allow the government to deport someone who doesn't pay taxes I'd tend to agree with you, but as it stands the balance is actually tipped the other way: Government (usually local) is forced to figure out clean water, last-resort healthcare, schools, etc. simply by people being present, whether they pay taxes or not, yet government has no ability to simply "get rid" of people
I say the libertarians go find a nice area somewhere with a failed state, take it over, prove its supremacy and be a big shining beacon on the hill for libertarians everywhere to finally prove once and for all that it's better, and then I'll care about "taxes as extortion".