Don't Like Taxes? Don't Pay 'Em. But Don't Come Back Crying About It

(Most of this first appeared as a comment on Jack Jodell's Saturday Afternoon Post.)

This point has been made before by others, but I thought it was worth reprising in the context of the economic stimulus: I just wish there were some way of making these anti-taxers' wish come true just for them.

You don't want to pay taxes? OK, fine. Ooops, sorry, no driving on public roads for you! Tax dollars, you know. Ditto for public transportation and walking on sidewalks, roadways, or in the utility easement of 30 feet from the road. No flying, either, even in a private plane or helicopter, because of the tax dollars that pay for air traffic control.

You'll have to do all your shopping on the Internet and eat all your meals at home, to avoid sales taxes. But since you can't drive, fly, or walk anywhere, that's just as well. And tell everyone who sends you mail to use UPS or FedEx, since the tax-subsidized U.S. Postal Service won't be delivering mail to you any more.

No public schools for your kids, and your whole family is barred from public parks, libraries, museums, historic sites, sports stadiums (public subsidies), recreation areas and all other public facilities.

You'll have to get along without electric, gas, phone, cable, water and sewer services, all of which even if privately run operate on tax-subsidized infrastructure.

Don't bother calling the fire department if your house catches on fire or the police department if you're robbed. You won't be allowed into the emergency room of any hospital, since even the "private" ones hire doctors who paid for medical school with government loans.

The government-regulated bank will be calling your mortgage, which you will have to pay off in cash, because the bank will also close all your checking, savings, money-market and credit card accounts. The state will be pulling any professional licenses you may have - doctor, lawyer, plumber, electrician, barber, beautician, vet, and so many more.

Oh, one last thing: Remember those voter ID laws you got passed? So clever, demanding a government-issued ID to be able to vote. Keep those nasty democratic-voting poor people out of our nice republican polling places! Only the thing about government-issued ID is that it's, um, government-issued. Paid for by taxes. So no ID for you!

But hey, losing your voting rights is a small price to pay for not having to pay taxes anymore! Right? Right?

Cross-posted at They Gave Us A Republic ....