In a fully free society, taxation-or, to be exact, payment for governm…

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In a fully free society, taxation-or, to be exact, payment for governmental services-would be voluntary. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.493, Penguin
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