Talking politics with Cam: Taxes, regulations, and coercion - The Dan Norton Show #21

Cam's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-politics-with-cam/id1774784856 0:00 Intro 1:38 Ayn Rand’s capitalism: no taxes or regulations (Dan) 3:40 How is government funded without taxes? (Cam, Dan) 9:44 Objections/questions (Cam) 12:05 What if people don’t choose to fund the government voluntarily? (Dan) 15:06 Objections (Cam) 18:43 Replies: Ostracism/boycotting and coercion (Dan) 25:40 Should the amount of donation influence the amount of police protection? 31:14 Broadening the context, e.g., to foreign policy 36:34 Does the congress get to decide what happens with the revenue? 42:22 Should congress have term limits? 45:42 What should even be up for a vote? Democracy 48:45 But congress still gets to decide what happens with the revenue? 51:51 Regulations 1:04:34 What about searching people before they get on a plane? Or asking for ID? 1:16:40 How do we get to an ideal society? vs. What is the ideal society? 1:26:05 Would the government have less revenue without taxes? 1:35:05 Outro #aynrand #objectivism #politics #coercion #taxes #regulation #congress #captialism #government #funding #foreignpolicy