Of course some things are justified expenditures for taxes, I’m not a minarchist, but those things should be thought through very carefully. Healthcare is a commodity unlike power generation, roads, or perhaps even fire service. On that sense I’d argue it’s just a direct $$ transfer at that point and essentially stealing.

That "stealing" argument doesn't fly in Australia, just like disability and unemployment pension are not seen as stealing, even though they are much more redistribution-y.

I wasn't poor even before I moved to Australia, and I would go to a store, buy some crap for a week (far from everything I needed) for $X, then see a notice saying "hiring cashiers, $2X a month". I'm probably speaking for a lot of Australians - I want none of that working poverty here, and high minimum wages and Medicare always were big parts of that.

Oh I’m aware it doesn’t fly a lot of places, but man’s eye is often on his neighbor’s goods to provide himself “essential” services.