> So you believe it's OK for the government to use violence to maintain your control over your nebulously owned property, but not to ensure working citizens are

> So you believe it's OK for the government to use violence to maintain your control over your nebulously owned property, but not to ensure working citizens are not exploited? I'd happily allow the government to prevent the exploitation of its citizens, but I don't believe that voluntary transactions are exploitation. Why would I want the government to prohibit me from selling my labor at the price I choose? > So if you fall along the lines that taxation is theft, who do you expect to protect your property if you're not paying anyone to do so? And why should I pay taxes so that the government can protect your property? Taxation isn't theft when it is utilized to pay for public goods. It becomes akin to theft when my money is taken to be redistributed to folks in such a way I can't consume (non public good). Currently I have to pay nearly $2k/year in county tax for other people's children to go to daycare. Why on earth am I paying for that? I pay $2k/month per child to send them to daycare and get $0 of the $2k I send to others back to spend on my own children. That is theft.