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And your solution is to force people to pay involuntarily and if they don't, send men with guns to put them in a cage or die if they forcibly resist? Why haven't you robbed some people on the street to pay for some starving African children, that would be for the better good as many would see it as well, and surely some guy in a suit can spare it.

I'm aware economists models are imperfect but it's rare to see someone invoke a monopoly (a violence imposed one at that) brings the highest effectiveness.



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Ah yes, taxes are theft. The solution to government-mandates taxes is _obviously_ private enterprise!

Surely no private company would ever do something as unseemly as threatening someone’s livelihood in order to extract payment.


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