I feel like I'm in crazytown when I express distress about taxation - literally people forcibly taking away your property - and ppl act like I'm the crazy one. Sure, you could argue that this forcible theft is worth it, and I'll respect that, but it's still not crazy to be upset.
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Well a country without freeways, the internet, electrical grids etc. probably wouldn't have lead to the extraordinary national wealth that lead to thinks like https://twitter.com .
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I think it's very possible that a better version of most of these would currently exist without the government.
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Without taxes we would simply have been conquered and dominated by another power who *could* raise money, then taxed by them.
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Taxes are inevitable component of a functional society- at minimum you need a standing military. It also is likely far more efficient to maintain a societal network of police and infrastructure to facilitate stability and ability to trade
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What evidence is this based on? What countries or time periods lead you to believe this? Why do most economists disagree, and the countries with the highest happiness and standards of living explicitly have high and broad taxes?
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I have managed to survive *in spite of * respiration and digestion.
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I get your complaint but still unclear on your goal? I mean I don’t trust the govt to be especially efficient/clear-headed with how they use my $ but... show me something better? We enjoy an unprecedented standard of living. So burden of proof’s on you. Spell it out for me.
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