Mormons - all people - have the free choice to pay or not pay the Mormon church. And they do quite well.
I would have no issue with a government that said "If you want to use our services, you need to pay. If you want to use roads that we build, you need to pay." And then people could freely choose.
I have an issue with demanding that someone else pay for their so-called "freedom".
Like you noted, when relating it to Government tax, if you decide to never pay taxes again, you wouldn't get thrown in jail or forced to leave, but you wouldn't get to enjoy the simple things in life, like roads, police, ambulances or the fire department.
You could probably live a life like Henry David Thoreau, but it probably wouldn't be very comfortable.
> I would have no issue with a government that said
> "If you want to use our services, you need to pay.
> If you want to use roads that we build, you need
> to pay." And then people could freely choose.
Second, if the government provides a valuable service, people should and would WANT to pay for it. So there's no need for me to FORCE someone to pay for it.
Third, you named a great DISservice. Currency "stably" heading to zero [1] is really not a valuable service.
[1] http://www.profitscore.com/articles/prof_ValueofaBuck_Aug-09...