- So you think the government has a better understanding of nutrition? It doesn’t matter whether or not the person needs a supplement health insurance, or food, what matters is
whether or not they steal it from someone else or earn it.

- A private business always has lower production costs than government. The railroads are the best example of this. Every single government funded railroad in the 1800′s went bankrupt. The only private railroad was also the only one to succeed. Even if you assume the cost of building the roads was the same for a government and a business, the only difference you and I are debating is whether or not the money should be stolen (taxed), or handed over voluntarily, as in a free market.

“Are there better “executions” of these principles?”

-It depends on what you’re principles are.

“What is the difference between government and society in your humble opinion? Are they living in symbiosis, or are they two totally different, independent entities?”

A civilization does need government, but for one purpose: to defend individual rights. The only rights an individual has are life, liberty, and property. Anything a government does besides defined those three entities is immoral and beyond the proper role of government.

Great questions Shawn

-Armi

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6. Remain skeptical forever- a skeptic is one with an inquiring mind.. especially when a theory is ‘known’, a new theory may evolve which can be engaged by one with an open mind. it takes an open, inquiring mind to refine/evolve theories which are taken for granted/ ‘known’.

9. Join a movement- what about one to empower people to self actualize?

13. Get used to feeling stupid. It’s a sign of growth- again, nice reply.

“Private companies who fill the demand for roads”
- Gladly fill the demands you said? Do you know how much the Interstate Highway System cost for example? About $425 billion according to some sources. Even if you could find the poor souls able to pay for this, I suspect you would have to create some sort of system to govern the builiding of these roads, no?

That is the irony of all these problems. Your response always seems to be: “the individual”. My response is that it is not that simple. To perform important tasks in a society, you need a collective effort to support/supervise/coordinate/regulate/govern etc. Isnt this what government and taxes are? The direct transfer of these basic principles of a society from theory, into the real world? Are there better “executions” of these principles? Whatever the answer to that is, I believe you “attack” the problem at least one step too early.

That leads me to my last question, Armi: What is the difference between government and society in your humble opinion? Are they living in symbiosis, or are they two totally different, independent entities?

ANTHONY:
What I meant to say is that you don’t seem to differentiate between the enforcing (of taxes) itself and the basic idea behind taxes. You equal the response to an action, to the action itself.

And by the way, why haven’t you answered my questions in my post on the 16th of January?

Kind regards, Shawn!

“Who will build the roads…”
Private companies who fill the demand for roads.

“…and who will feed you your vitamin K when you are born?”

A parent, if they have a basic understanding of nutrition.

“More importantly – who will pay for these things?”

Individuals would, with their own money. The government doesn’t create anything – it can only use violence or the threat of violence to take from individuals.

-Armi

I seek to remove this aspect of the definition, because it is evil. The ends do not justify the means. Evil means can never produce good ends.