A Libertarian party would give free reign to businesses

Taxes are popular because we generally do not consider ourselves (to be) rich. We think of others as rich and expect that it will be they that become the target of taxes.

The answer to the question of whether we wish to be taxed ourselves is 'no'. We do not see the Government as a threat to us individually. We would prefer the Government not to spend our money, but often vote for high taxes. We do not delegate the selection of services to third parties generally, unless for their expertise, and yet the Government is apparently popular. We don't like to say no.

We prefer to let others take responsibility for us. We like to let people look after us. The best way for the Government to look after us is to allow us to earn our own money and spend it ourselves, on whatever we wish.