Taxation is illegitimate

Altruism is selfish... I care about you because I care about me. We care about each other for biological reasons, certainly, without the need for recourse to superstition. We needn't worry about whether, left alone we would look after each other since the species would not have reached this point otherwise.

Altruism, for want of a better word, is a feature of the species and is instinctive. When left alone we will generally help each other, certainly to an extent sufficient to ensure that everyone within a Society is protected.

People will look after each other, when left alone. It is because we care for one another that the Government (which initiates violence) is destructive. It is because we care about ourselves, that we care about others.


Forcing others to do as you wish, is not only selfish, but worse, destructive and intrusive.

Aggressive virtue would be preferable if the subject is able to choose the beneficiary of their funds; the Government would force a certain sum to be given to charity each year. If it is forced it is not charitable, and not virtuous. The (possible) virtue of the outcome of the spending does not make up for the harm caused by the theft. A benevolent thief remains a thief, unless they, or some other party, were wronged... Government spending is the outcome of theft.

It's not right to tax people. Taxation is a bad idea and a bad thing to do.