option to just give their taxes to congress. Maybe some people like having public goods personal shoppers? As is mentioned on the tax choice page on Wikipedia...people would able to boycott any government organization for any reason. Pacifists could boycott the military and anarcho-capitalists could boycott the IRS. One out of three participants believe that they completely understand how the invisible hand works. This is a perfect example of Friedman's radical ignorance. People think they understand how the invisible hand works when really they do not. The most effective and efficient way to discern whether somebody truly understands how the invisible hand works is to ask them whether taxpayers should be allowed to directly allocate their taxes. The beauty of tax choice is that it would make the invisible hand a topic of national debate. On one hand we would have 538 congresspeople... and on the other hand we would have 150 million taxpayers. Which hand would win? The invisible hand of course! How could 538 congresspeople allocate resources more efficiently than millions and millions of taxpayers could? How could somebody you've never met know your preferences better than you do? It wouldn't even be much of a debate. It would be a schooling. Unfortunately, I can't call this class to session on my own! First of all, let me apologize to Mr. Boettke. I did not intend that this side issue would be tantamount to hijacking the comments of this blog post. That said, this will be my final