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<blockquote data-quote="Playsuc3" data-source="post: 3209936" data-attributes="member: 149080">Well if you choose to obey the law, nobody has to enforce it. Enforcement is only required when people break the law. Enforcement normally involves some sort of sanction. A fine, a beating, imprisonment etc. If people don&#039;t fear those sanctions or have more to gain than they have to lose then your sanctions are useless. Enforcement is reduced to street battles with riot police or all out military assaults if you happen to live in one of the more openly dictatorial countries.Governments enforce the law by balancing the risks. They attempt to create a situation where you will have more to lose than gain from breaking the law. The government will do this with or without your consent. I wonder what would happen if everybody decided to become self employed and stop paying their taxes?Do you think the government would just sit back and say &quot;oh look the public no longer consent to us collecting taxes&quot;? Of course they wouldn&#039;t. They&#039;d take heavy handed measures to nip that sort of thing in the bud before it became widespread. At the end of the day the government is just a huge protection racquet.Opting out just isn&#039;t really an option in this country.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Playsuc3, post: 3209936, member: 149080"] Well if you choose to obey the law, nobody has to enforce it. Enforcement is only required when people break the law. Enforcement normally involves some sort of sanction. A fine, a beating, imprisonment etc. If people don't fear those sanctions or have more to gain than they have to lose then your sanctions are useless. Enforcement is reduced to street battles with riot police or all out military assaults if you happen to live in one of the more openly dictatorial countries. Governments enforce the law by balancing the risks. They attempt to create a situation where you will have more to lose than gain from breaking the law. The government will do this with or without your consent. I wonder what would happen if everybody decided to become self employed and stop paying their taxes? Do you think the government would just sit back and say "oh look the public no longer consent to us collecting taxes"? Of course they wouldn't. They'd take heavy handed measures to nip that sort of thing in the bud before it became widespread. At the end of the day the government is just a huge protection racquet. Opting out just isn't really an option in this country. [/QUOTE]

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