Taxes are a one-way street in terms of government officials using the funds responsibly. They go to government, but the government has no legal obligation, no legal liability, no contractual liability, if it wastes the money it extracts from you forcibly. If a government is constitutionally obligated to provide a service funded by taxes, this might be thought of as a social contract. For example, the Michigan constitution appears to enunciate a joint State and school district obligation to provide free education: “The legislature shall maintain and support a system of free public elementary and secondary schools as defined by … Continue reading Why Taxation Is Theft: No Contract Enforcement