It's sad that people still think we benefit from taxes. If people patched their own roads, paid for their own schools, paid for the police, we'd still be far far far richer. Instead we're paying 10-20k PER BOMB. Every time we drop 5 bombs that could have been a freaking decent salary for a local teacher. Instead that money is killing, like 50-100 people.

The world has become what it is because of the way we treat other people. People learn from people in power that -that is the way to treat others.

Getting people to pay for all of those things is what taxes are for. If it was completely voluntary how many people would actually pitch in to pay for all of these services?

What about the communities that are unable to afford these services?

It’s very easy to imagine that in your scenario that the very wealthy segment themselves off to pay for private services while everyone else suffers.

> If it was completely voluntary how many people would actually pitch in to pay for all of these services?

Government is the system where everyone expects to live at everyone elses expense. I ask you, if you believe nobody wants to pay for it, why do you think people want it at all?

> What about the communities that are unable to afford these services?

Government does not make it affordable. Government does not pay for it: someone pays for it, the government takes a cut, and gives it to someone else.

What is your proposition? How should things be run?

As local and voluntary as possible, in today's framework.

That's really not the point. Replace Ohio with China or consider what percentage of after tax growth you're entitled to.