It wasn't always this way. One day in 1937, they just decided to take it.
@mises #TaxationIsTheftpic.twitter.com/ed4C4tLYN6
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more
As Pinker says, there's currently no libertarian utopia in the world. Without a safety net, you'll have a lot more poverty and exclusion.
Safety net need not be a government monopoly. In fact, it would be more effective if people were able to dispose of their income to help others directly, instead of having it taken away and used for the military industrial complex and other wasteful spending.
I agree on the wasteful spending. But would isn't a voluntary safety net a bit unrealistic? What guarantee is there that the money/help ends up with the needy and poor?
Consider how little money goes to help them now and how much is wasted in often immoral or corrupt goals. If safety net was based on competing organizations, people would donate to those that show the most success and stewardship, instead of being forced to give to a monopoly.
We have an wasteful and ineffective system now. Why are libertarian ideas always summarily dismissed on the grounds that they aren’t likely to yield a utopia?
I think my main objection is that libertarian put too much trust in free markets and have a naïve conception of human nature. Without compulsory taxes almost no one will pay them (cf. tragedy of the commons) and state infrastructure and protection of poor will collapse.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.