@bananatinpots There is so much that I disagree with in your posts (POV-wise, it's not personal), that I'm unsure of where to begin.Some things:- If you plot the division of labor process, you'll see a geometrical curve. Then if you work out the net affect of taxation, you'll see that the division of labor is greatly harmed by any taxation. Put simply: taxes destroy productivity and production. 1% more tax does not destroy 1% more wealth, the relationship is far more complex than that, but almost never in a positive direction. The problem, is that you never see the destruction of wealth. If it happens, it stands to reason that nobody will be aware that it occurred... - You seem to be unaware of the numbers regarding debt. It is not possible to pay off Westerns debts by just inflating the currency. The last time a western state attempted to inflate away this much debt, we got a world war. This is serious stuff! There are consequences! Consequences it is not too unlikely we're meandering towards even now.- You do realize that taxation in Europe, which you seem to regard as superior, is absolutely enormous? It's in the region of 60% - 70% of the economy in many EU countries, with 50% seeming to be a minimum. The figures have to be seen to be believed. If you attempt to replicate the EU model of progressive taxation, then you've just gone from the frying pan into the fire. Our economic model is completely unsustainable.--I would like to see a world without taxation at all. All you need to do, is to save an enormous quantity of capital over time. Then, much like a pensioner living off the interest in the savings account, you could run a minimal sized government whose capital requirements are supplied by markets over time. That way, the government's capital increases over time, and also changes to reflect current economic conditions.This means, nobody is taxed in the system. Yet all the functionality of modern government, the infrastructure, continues to exist just as it always did before.Does this sound like a pipe dream? Because it does already exist in certain countries that happen to have large pools of capital from natural resources. So it is certainly possible. Some of those countries have a problem though:The real problem as I see it, is how to tie the government's responsibilities to the populace without the tax requirement. i.e. how to keep the social contract going if the government doesn't depend on the population for financial resources.