Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen

On Sun, 7 Jul 2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 12:34:21 +0200, D wrote:
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Tax is theft.

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Tax pays for law enforcement. Tax pays for the roads leading to your
house. Tax pays for keeping your water clean and your air breatheable,
against the depredations of corporations who would happily pass on such
costs as an “externality”.
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Imagine if you had to pay a toll just to take your car out of your
driveway. Or pop a coin in the meter every time you turned on your water
tap, or took a breath.
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Still does not refute what I said. It is property taken against peoples will (well, not in your case, but I know many where that description fits).
Toll roads exist, I have no problem and prefer that system over taxation. Private hospitals, security, volunteer or charity institutions exist, neighbourhood watches.
The amount of organizations, for-profit or non profit that exist are too numerous to list.
Ergo, tax is just a myth that politicians have inculcated into you, arguing that it is the only system that works, despite being deeply unethical.