Quote from: murraypaul on November 15, 2014, 12:29:26 PM

Quote from: Robert Paulson on November 14, 2014, 09:04:10 PM

Quote from: El Emperador on November 14, 2014, 07:20:35 PM

In my opinion people agree to pay taxes for 2 main reasons:
- People are afraid to consequences ( penalties, jail, etc. )
- People think states provide useful services with tax money ( and they strongly believe it... )

if people believed the states provide useful services there would be no need to threaten them with violence if they refused to pay.
the obvious fact is that almost no one would buy the government's services at the current price.

No, they would freeload on the backs of those who did pay.
Many, if not most, government services cannot be isolated to single individuals, they benefit many people.

so let them freeload.
if enough people agreed to pay and as a side effect people who didn't pay for it enjoy it too where is the problem.
we all use google, very few people actually pay for it.