The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes

It's important to point out that the reason books like this get "Low" star ratings is not that they are bad - it's because they are so good. Libertarians and Tea Partiers along with like minded anti-government radicals often see these books come up and vote them down out of spite or annoyance. Cost of Rights is wonderful book for those looking for an argument against common Libertarian "Taxes are Theft" argument. How did they come to earn all this wealth? Aren't we said to deserve the wealth that we earn? Why however, are the nexus of public and civic goods that make our wealth creation possible, supposed to be free? They cannot be. Some things must be done by everyone if they are to be done at all, and we all owe the ability to create our wealth back into the system that made it possible. This book is a great articulation of the need for public goods. One of the best Anti-Libertarian books ever written.