by Doug Casey, International Man:
I think it will interest you not because of my moral case against taxes (a case which was new to most attendees), but because of the reasons Milei is flirting with failure (reasons that I don’t think most of the attendees had considered).
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It’s a strange pleasure to be speaking at a tax conference. It makes me feel as if I’ve been accepted into polite company, perhaps even invited to join the elite.
Since we’re at a tax conference, I think it’s appropriate to lay some philosophical groundwork. To ask some questions, and state some principles to help introduce myself. Like any sensible person, I despise taxes. So consider these propositions and questions:
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First, Why taxes are immoral and innately destructive.
Second, Why taxes aren’t necessary.
Third, What is the Milei regime doing wrong?
Fourth, What should Milei do?
Last, some thoughts on what you—and your clients—should do.
FIRST, Let me say some things that you may find shocking and outrageous, but you may not have fully considered. It’s important to call out things that are wrong.
I view taxes as theft. And the State, which feeds on taxes, is the most dangerous criminal organization on the planet. Which is, incidentally, exactly what Milei has said on numerous occasions. Everyone thinks government is necessary. Is it? For whatever Hobbesian benefits it brings, it’s not only the source of taxation, but also of wars, pogroms, confiscations, persecutions and inflation.
Suppose you’re robbed on the street. The thief says he did it because he needs to feed himself. Does that make it right? Suppose it’s to feed his family? Suppose a majority on the block call themselves the government, and democratically approve of the theft? Does that make it right?
I presume everyone in this audience believes in doing what’s legal. Few of us, however, consider that not only is there no necessary overlap between what’s legal and what’s moral, but often they’re opposites.
SECOND—Are taxes necessary? Another moral question arises. Is anything evil necessary? In a free market society– one based on voluntary exchange– theft and coercion are viewed as criminal. That’s true even if done by the State. Later in this talk I’ll refer to a short book that explains how society would work without the State and its taxes.
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