Whether or not I'm wrong, where are the analogies? Taxes are indeed forced upon us, but you benefit directly from the system that taxes support. If you do not

Whether or not I'm wrong, where are the analogies? Taxes are indeed forced upon us, but you benefit directly from the system that taxes support. If you do not want to pay taxes, you always have the option to leave the safety of the system (move to another country or declare war on the country taxing you). Although it is likely infeasible and anti-social to declare war (however, it has been done many times), I don't doubt you could find a country with lower taxes. The issue, however, would then be being able to make the same amount of money as you would in a country with higher taxes. That is to say, you get what you pay for. Essentially you are discounting (wholesale!) the benefits that you, the individual, derive from having a working system of government. Yes, the immediate and obvious benefits are small, but the benefits that you essentially take for granted, certainly are not small. I think the quote that life would be "nasty, brutish, and short". I did the math prior to posting and I do realize that (depending on the sum of money), it could be a very good deal for the investee. It just seems to have elements of a Faustian bargain.