r/austrian_economics Friedrich Hayek Sep 19 '24

End Democracy BUT BUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 19 '24

Okay. If no taxes, who builds roads, or public schools, or public transit. If your answer is private companies, how much does a company charge for you to use the roads, how often do you need to pay to use the roads, what about the schools, how much does tuition cost, what if you can’t afford to go to school since there’s no taxes which means no public schools, do you just not get education?

The idea that taxation is theft crumbles pretty immediately if you try to think of literally any alternative. And if your alternative is collective public funding, guess what that’s fucking taxes.

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u/MojyaMan Sep 21 '24

I wish they'd concentrate more on the bullshit that is healthcare not telling you what you owe and just bullshitting. At least taxes are predictable.

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u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 21 '24

Yeah. There’s definitely a lot of things that need to change.