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"[...] The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. [...]"

Yes, just look at criminal-suppressing services like (inequitably-funded) public schools, emergency medical care, free kidney transplants...

P.S. I voted you up, it's a good point that you made. But your rhetoric writhes with dogma.

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"Services" aren't "power". You don't have to think all government services are bad to think that we should perhaps reserve the power of the men with guns to fewer things.

Excepting, by the way, school, which is essentially mandatory. We call not attending school "truancy". It's a crime. (The word "essentially" is not extraneous. I am aware that it's not quite 100% mandatory in all places. But it's close.) That's not entirely a "service".

Try not paying for those services. You'll be a criminal, and you'll be cracked down upon. Not dogma, just a matter-of-fact statement. I'm not sure I see the point your criticism is making...?

Bankruptcy isn't criminal, it's civil. You wont go to jail for bankruptcy, at least not in the US.

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