Thread: Libertarian Limited Government and Military Spending

Originally Posted by Hercuflea

Well, you always have the option to leave if you do not agree with the policies the government is putting your money towards. So its not necessarily stealing.

Why should I leave my property? The government doesn't own the land that I reside on, I do. Now if the system of taxation is permissible if it provides services for everyone, then you should also by logical extension favor taxation for government health care, taxation for government clothes, taxation for government food, taxation for government education, taxation for any good that the government can supposedly provide to everyone. If you do not, why not? It does not contradict your earlier statement of 'as long as it benefits EVERYBODY WHO IS PAYING IT'

And you are also forgetting an Austrian tenet. Benefit can only be established by voluntary transaction due to reverse inequality of value. Say I want military defense services and you want money. Only under voluntary exchange can we establish at what cost I value defense in terms of money and at what cost you value money in terms of defense. Therefore your tenet concerning taxation is inconsistent with Austrian economics