[MD] Sin Part 1

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Platt to Case]
I do vote for people who share my views. But, you failed to address the
question. If taxes aren't collected by the threat of force, why not make them
voluntary?

[Arlo interjects]
Here's an idea. Let's make taxes voluntary, but only the people who pay them are
allowed to use the roads, the libraries, police, fire and EMT services, public
parks, public transit, etc. Then let's say that goods in the market should be
revalued for the non-taxpayer to underwrite the cost of moving goods on the
public roads proportionally (ie, why should they get the same low-cost goods
that I do when I am the only one who is paying for the roads to be
maintained?). Let's say that those who do not pay taxes have to pay a hiring
fee when then hire someone who's been publically schooled, since they are then
leeching off MY payment to the schools to make reasonabley educated people (it
would be their choice if they chose not to hire public school grads). And let's
not forget the military. We'd have to send out maps to the international
community denoting which properties are not currently protected by the US
military (the non-taxpayers can, of course, develop and pay for their own
military, wonder how much that alone will cost them per year?). No post office
means every letter has to go through FedEx, who I am sure will adjust their
rates appropriately to build the infrastructure to more parcel. Any and all
FDA, CDC and programs of the like will be offlimits. Next time a salmonella
outbreak occurs, we only let taxpayers know about it. The non-taxpayers can, of
course, hire and pay for a private firm to track and control these outbreaks in
their own community. Let's see if that ends up costing them less. Since most of
the airlines are operating on government loans, let's let the non-taxpayers who
wish to fly pay the rates they would have to without this bailout. ($6200 for a
flight to Germany? One way? One person? You bet.) Oh, and finally, the courts
too would be off-limits, as would any other public office.

No one collects MY taxes by threat of force. I am glad to pay them. Now, I'd
personally change the collection structure (100% consumption tax, that's my
stance), and I'd increase some funded areas (public parks) while decreasing
others (corporate welfare), and I'd certainly agree that the implementation
structure for some is broken and in need of repair (money for school lunches
should go for school lunches, and nothing more). But taxes, hell, I call them a
membership fee for all the great infrastructure we have supporting our nation.