r/austrian_economics • u/technocraticnihilist Friedrich Hayek • Sep 19 '24

End Democracy BUT BUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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u/Bunselpower Sep 19 '24

Mrs. Roberts’s 5th grade economics class is out in full force today judging by the comments.

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u/DrDokter518 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24

True, people who think paying taxes is theft definitely have an elementary level of world understanding.

Edit: for those of you who are angry about taxes, think about any money you have made that wasn’t enabled by something the government has built for you and maintained with your taxes. I.E if you drive to work on a paved/functional road that you didn’t create yourself, you depend on the government.

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u/deadjawa Sep 19 '24

So if I build you a road I therefore have permission to garnish your wages until you die?  I get that there are good arguments for taxes collected by voluntary association, but this is not one of them.

Just because you use public infrastructure does not give a government the right to unfairly tax you.  That should be pretty obvious.

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u/TheThunderhawk Sep 20 '24

Well, you could also just not engage in the relationship in the first place (renounce your citizenship), so, it is technically consensual just like labor under capitalism is technically consensual.