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Re:This man just claimed a new European nation. 160,000 peop... by jobigoud on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @10:24AM (#9414214)
> if they could get 5.000 people to pay $1000 in taxes per year,

Not sure they appreciate the concept of shared expenses though, from their objectives "a country where honest people can prosper without being oppressed by governments making their lives unpleasant through the burden of unnecessary restrictions and taxes.".

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Re:This man just claimed a new European nation. 160,000 peop... by juliangoldsmith on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @10:46AM (#9414364)
The key word there is unnecessary. Having some sort of police or military would be considered to be necessary by most.
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Re:This man just claimed a new European nation. 160,000 peop... by jobigoud on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @11:31AM (#9414699)
That's why it's hard to make a country. You have to allocate resources to education, defense, health, public goods maintenance, etc. And inevitably some people will think that some expenses are not necessary.
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