No, taxes is the price I pay for bureaucrats and politicians to not starve. It's a kind of charity.

All these services can be provided by businesses, and I can pay for them on a per-need basis.

There are many many services that cannot be done by businesses. From the foundational regulatory framework and enforcement of laws that make substantial businesses possible in the first place, to more practical things like safety and security.

That these cannot be done by businesses is just an assertion, re-enforcing the status quo.

"The Machinery of Freedom"[0] is a book describing how a lot of these could work. I'm not yet sold that they would, but I'm not outright discarding the ideas.

[0]: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Machinery-Freedom-Guide-Radical-Cap...

Oh I don’t disagree that there aren’t things that could rather be served by businesses.

What I haven’t heard however are a couple of good examples (in a particular society) that are viable and would make a material positive dent, but I wouldn’t be surprised to hear some good ideas, especially in jurisdictions where a govt does a lot.

I 100% agree with you, it's kind of the point that I'm trying to make above...

Maybe I should have called it a price instead of the price.

> No, taxes is the price I pay for bureaucrats and politicians to not starve. It's a kind of charity.

I feel like most people, including you, have absolutely no idea of how their taxes are spent. Unless you live in an absolute corrupt shit hole you're dead wrong

No I have, but a lot of people - probably including you - take authorities and their budget committees at face-value when they report where they spend tax money.