[Part of An Anarcho-Capitalist Case Against Left-Libertarianism series] Contra Rothbard Mention the word "redistribution" to a run-of-the-mill libertarian would usually throw up red flags, and rightfully so. Any government program equates to people spending other people's money. Since taxes are not the product of government labor and voluntary trade, the livelihoods of those who decide how it gets spent (government officials) aren't at risk when it's spent inefficiently or wastefully. Market forces, such as profit and loss, are not present to even a modicum of the same extent as they are with private money. Welfare programs are, therefore, a...
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