Like Mexico? No taxes there.

You need transportation infrastructure, education, research, safety, intellectual property protection, healthcare. Like it or not, we need people who sit under a bodhi tree and do all their work with a pen and recycled paper napkin.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Yes there are. Not to mention, Mexico is one of the most politically corrupt, fascist countries in the world.

All those things you mention can be provided privately, better than they are now. Except, for intellectual property protection which is really just a scam against private property and competition in the market. There's no patent for WD-40, wonder why nobody as run them out of business? Common sense: If you don't want your secret out, don't publish it in a world-wide accessible database. The whole concept is asinine.

The federal government just shut down over a little snow. The world didn't end.

So you're fine with music piracy or people making copies of your inventions?

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Yes.

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