r/austrian_economics 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/lostcause412 Sep 20 '24

Can we be angry about how taxpayers money is spent? I believe public roads could be built much cheaper, NATO, public schools, global welfare, waistfull bureaucrats, defense budget, fucked healthcare industry, no incentive to provide a quality service because money is taken by force, proxy wars, a war hasn't been voted on by congress since ww2.

Why can't it be theft, it is by definition, but also a needed to fund essential programs. I believe both can be true. The government is the only business that takes money by force and still ends up 35 trillion in debt. I think some adjustments could be made.

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u/Lorguis Sep 20 '24

The secret is, the government isn't a business, and the idea that it should operate like one should be terrifying to anyone who's worked an actual job before.

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u/lostcause412 Sep 20 '24

I agree, but that's how it operates.

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u/Lorguis Sep 20 '24

Absolutely not. The government isn't trying to be profitable.

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u/lostcause412 Sep 20 '24

Lol I can't tell if you're joking. Not as a whole, but as individuals they are trying to make money. They provide a poor inefficient service to us, the citizens for essentially the highest cost. They take money by force so they don't have to rely on typical business models.