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Without property tax, who pays for the infrastructure and first responders? The no taxes, no rules, and no local government services thing was tried many times
by sangnoir 2y ago
Without property tax, who pays for the infrastructure and first responders? The no taxes, no rules, and no local government services thing was tried many times without success: in one New Hampshire town, they got overran by bears[1] - who could have guessed regulations on trash handling and animal control might be good for something?
1. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-...
- sangnoir 2y agoIf I am mistaken, I would appreciate counter-examples of successful towns that engage libertarian praxis. Living off the grid is one thing, but living in a town or city with shared commons is another.
- fred_is_fred 2y agoSomalia tried it also. I don’t see any HN libertarians lining up to move there.