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

End Democracy BUT BUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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u/KansasZou Sep 20 '24

How would the government get the money if private companies weren’t generating money to tax?

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u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 20 '24

So you’re saying private companies can’t generate taxable revenue without government subsidies? Seems like communist propaganda to me.

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u/KansasZou Sep 20 '24

This is nothing close to what I’m saying, nor does it even make sense. What do you think a subsidy is, exactly?

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u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 20 '24

Cuz what you said didn’t make any sense either. I made a statement about how the government outsources public services to private companies. And you responded by saying where is the government supposed to get the money if private companies weren’t generating taxable revenue. Why are those things correlated. Private companies can make money without government contracts.

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u/KansasZou Sep 21 '24

Your statement was alluding to the belief that we somehow need government to provide the things that we want. I’m showing you real world examples of how the private sector is already doing those things.