http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/05/14/richard-a-epstein/voluntary-and-coercive-action-a-key-distinction-in-the-overall-system-of-liberty/ Big Ideas for a Better World Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:51:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/05/14/richard-a-epstein/voluntary-and-coercive-action-a-key-distinction-in-the-overall-system-of-liberty/#comment-64257 …no third solution » Blog Archive » Taxation is Not Coercive? But Property Is. Or Isn’t. Is it? Wed, 16 May 2007 03:56:15 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=480#comment-64257 [...] None of it is my doing, but the Cato piece I referenced earlier in the week has stirred up quite the discussion. The vanguards of liberty seem to be in very short supply these days, and this is terribly unfortunate for a number of reasons - not the least of which is the fact that most of the writers are distinguished scholars in one field or another. Consider Richard Epstein’s response, where, towards the end, he addresses the libertarian idea that taxation is akin to theft: But [Libertarians] typically overstate their categorical case against taxation, because they refuse to look at the benefit side of the equation… [...] [...] None of it is my doing, but the Cato piece I referenced earlier in the week has stirred up quite the discussion. The vanguards of liberty seem to be in very short supply these days, and this is terribly unfortunate for a number of reasons - not the least of which is the fact that most of the writers are distinguished scholars in one field or another. Consider Richard Epstein’s response, where, towards the end, he addresses the libertarian idea that taxation is akin to theft: But [Libertarians] typically overstate their categorical case against taxation, because they refuse to look at the benefit side of the equation… [...]

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