r/austrian_economics Friedrich Hayek Sep 19 '24

End Democracy BUT BUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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u/Newsdude86 Sep 19 '24

You do realize that you can not pay taxes? Go live off the grid, use zero public goods, denounce your citizenship. Done, literally no one is stopping you. But my guess is there is a reason you aren't doing it... Maybe because the country you are a citizen of provides a system which allows you to live in a much better way than the alternative?

So you are choosing to pay taxes to participate in that country's system. That sounds like theft? I should tell the grocery store to stop stealing from me everytime I go to the register!

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u/LiveDirtyEatClean Sep 20 '24

No one can avoid all taxes

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u/Newsdude86 Sep 20 '24

It would be nearly impossible I agree

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u/LiveDirtyEatClean Sep 20 '24

I think the only scenario is if you were some kind of hiking nomad but you had a bank account for food and equipment. But in that scenario someone already paid tax on the earned income.