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RE: If taxation is theft (and it is), then what is tax 'evasion'?
Agreed the Laffer curve depicts this, there is a point where you can lower taxes and increase revenue by making taxes cheaper to pay than evade. But it is still theft and any good or service the general population finds necessary they will fund without government intervention and more efficiently.
I agree. I have often wondered why the governments simply don't take steps to earn money themselves instead of taking from it's citizens.
For example: if the governments started trading stocks and shares, and offered higher salaries than the private companies, then they would end up with the best of the best traders making them huge revenue every year.
It seems a more honourable way for a government to run than taking tax after tax and fine after fine.
Government cant exist without theft and force, they assume no risk for mistakes even if they did play the market (which technically they already do and poorly with the federal reserve, bonds and our currency in general) there is no accountability and no repercussions for failure. At the first sign of loss they would just increase the trading budget and keep using the same tactics, the same way they already do.
They could probably exist by taking donation, but it's most likely better to donate directly to a good charity to help the poor than a government.