And where do you suppose that the money to fund those social welfare programs comes from? Not the free market, that's for sure. EDIT to be more clear-and-expli

And where do you suppose that the money to fund those social welfare programs comes from? Not the free market, that's for sure. EDIT to be more clear-and-explicit and less snarky - taxes are an interference with the free market. I am making the claim that a high-functioning society that cares for its citizens and ensures a good quality of life must necessarily a) impose taxes, in order to b) provide social welfare programs. In particular, I claim that no purely-free-market motivated company will address social welfare needs as comprehensively as public programs would (though I do concede that, for some subsets of society, some companies will often do so more efficiently than public programs would, at the cost of non-universal coverage).