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At what point does taxation become theft?
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My title isn't that self-explanatory, so let me elabore my question; We live in a society, and for some reason we happen to live under territorial monopolies called states. Now, maybe anarchy isn't a possible option and we have to live with state. But how does this justify high taxes? Some people believe that the state's only duty is to protect its citizens (police army) and establish a law system. How can these people be coerced into paying taxes higher than the price of these services?

Possible objections comes to my mind.

  1. Although these people don't believe in big government they still continue to use services of it, so they have to pay price for these services

Albeit this is a popular objection against anarchism & minarchism, it's a flawed one. Yes, minarchists agree that there should be state but they say "state is necessary only for some specific services", however the state collect taxes whatever degree it seems to fit its agenda. They don't have any other choice but to pay taxes. Their use of services doesn't justify initial violation of their property rights. They agreed to pay for the services of law and protection, but nothing other than that.

  1. We have a moral duty to help the poor.

I think we have a moral obligation to help the poor and we should do everything for that. However, I also believe we have duty to not cause unjust harm and respect individuals autonomy I can't be forced into giving money to others because that would violate my autonomy. You can say that not giving my money is immoral but how can this justify coercion -a bigger immoral act?

  1. They can use democracy to bring their ideal political system

How can individual rights be a matter of vote? We wouldn't vote whether we should legalize slavery even if � of the population were to support it. Is it logical to ask victims of the system (who are a persistent minority) to change the system via the system?

Ps: English isn't my native language so I'm not sure whether I sound agressive or not but my intention wasn't to be aggresive.

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