Deuce, self-interest is taken into account. Some people derive utility from contributing to the common good...other people do not. Even if somebody does derive utility from contributing, it might be in their self-interest to free-ride off the contributions of others. This is known as the
free-rider problem and pragmatarianism takes it into account.
So coercion would still be in place. But once people are coerced into paying taxes, the question is...do we let them decide which public goods their taxes help fund or do we let congress decide?
Tax payers would have to ask themselves this same question. In my post on
power and control I covered a few factors that tax payers might take into consideration.
You seem to be aware of some of these factors because, in my
thread on , you said, "Oh, so all that money the government shovels into the hands of private businesses through a corrupt contracting process is money they earned."
Am I missing any relevant aspects of human nature?