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So is your argument that there should never be any taxes of any kind (anarcho-primitivism)? If that's not your argument, then what is unique about landfill tax

• CWuestefeld 10y ago
  So is your argument that there should never be any taxes of any kind (anarcho-primitivism)? I didn't say anything that even implied that. Clearly there are public goods that are best handled by a government. My reply was directed specifically at a comment that proposed a tax to address environment problems caused by planned obsolescence. I was showing that the proposal doesn't actually do anything to eliminate the environmental externality. If you can show me a more complete proposal that (a) really does address the environmental impact as part of the program; and also (b) addresses Public Choice economics (meaning that it accounts for regulatory capture, capriciously re-purposing the funds by politicians, etc.), then we can talk about it.