> Like Tamar I look at taxation as buying my ticket to live in a civilized country
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>A ticket...where the govt has all the authority to set the cost.
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>The quote about taxes being a "price" is the crudest economic interpretation possible. In economic terms, "price" is part of an organic process tied to "value" - well, when you look at how govts spend money these days, the concept of value goes out the window.

Simple truths are often best explained in simple terms.

I know you don't like tax (or theft as you seem to think it) why don't you get enough fellow travellers together and all move to one area and try a zero tax zero govt lifestyle. It'd be interesting to see how it goes. Either Paradise or Lord of the Flies.