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human
I think taxes are good for freedom, and libertarians have been tricked by the rich. CMV

There was a long facebook thread on this point after the Pope started shit talking capitalism, and it made me realize something. I no longer understand people who tell me that they think taxes should be radically lowered and most government services privatized. 

I think that everyone who holds this opinion has been more or less tricked by the rich and powerful into thinking that taxes and government are antithetical to liberty when they really aren't. Taxing and spending creates a more even playing field and government is (at least supposed to be) a check on the ability of the rich and powerful to do whatever the fuck they want.  

Key to my view is this: who stands to gain the most from a society with less government and lower taxes? Clearly not the poor.

Obviously I don't think that 100% taxes is good either. Don't reduce this to the absurd. As I have said in other fora, I believe the job of good economic governance is to strike a balance between encouraging individual creativity and making sure the most fortunate and successful don't break the system by becoming too powerful.

To head this avenue of attack off at the pass: I am an adult (most of the time) living int he USA, and I pay a ridiculously low rate of state and federal income tax and sales tax. 

The kicker of it all is that I used to be a radical libertarian too, before I reached the age of reason (about 25). So I don't think you will, but I want to hear your best arguments for why taxes kill freedom.
gpt
Let's first agree upon a definition for "freedom", e.g. "the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action".

By that definition, taxes, by their very nature, limit freedom, in that you must pay them, and are threatened with force if you choose not to pay.