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Do people have a choice to opt out of those services and therefore their corresponding payments? No. They're forced on the citizens, ergo, theft. You can have
by OCASM 7y ago
Do people have a choice to opt out of those services and therefore their corresponding payments? No. They're forced on the citizens, ergo, theft.
You can have a government without taxation. Fund it through voluntary contributions. It would be much smaller, which is another plus.
- sgift 7y ago> Do people have a choice to opt out of those services and therefore their corresponding payments? Yes. Move yourself out of the country somewhere else (and in the case of the US give up your citizenship). My go to recommendation here is Somalia for the "taxation is theft" crowd
- OCASM 7y agoSo no, they don't have that choice.
- lonelappde 7y agoIt's not an opt out if I have to give up my home. It's my house and land, why can't I force your government to leave?
- m-p-3 7y agoBecause that goverment was democratically elected and have the legitimacy to decide.
- m-p-3 7y agoIf you decide to live outside of society, hidden in a shack in a self-sustained manner then maybe you could live tax-free, but you wouldn't be entitled to any subsidized services (varies by country) like healthcare, police protection, water treatment, driving on public roads, etc. At some point, it's just easier to get taxes and let the authorities to determine where that money should be distributed to best serve the society that elected them. And if you don't like the way they redistribute that wealth then you're free to vote for someone else or get yourself elected to do things differently.