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And I take issue with the idea that taxes are theft. Without society, you'd be a subsistence farmer. Any income you earn above that of a subsistence farmer is enabled by society.


Society exists independent of taxes, for example we didnt always have a federal income tax, and there are states without state income tax now. There are other ways gov can raise money.


All of the ways that the government can raise money involves taking it from people. You're making a distinction without a difference.


People can decide to give voluntarily, they may decide it's a good investment. They may even vote to partly decide what it goes to. The "nobody would pay" standard response is just wrong.


Because the free rider problem is a figment of people's imagination.

Right.




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