Revere, and others, have raised certain Church vs. State issues, such as whether or not the State can pick and choose which religions it will recognize and exempt from taxes. This, however, begs the question. The main issue is whether or not governments should have the right and power to tax anyone, much less churches. The real tragedy at Sublimity is that no writer or participant has challenged the right of the State to collect taxes. The purpose of this article, indeed of the whole Voluntaryist enterprise, is to challenge the legitimacy of the State and activities, such as taxation, which support the State.
Taxation is theft, regardless of what the government calls it.
For almost a year now, I have had the idea of publishing an anthology containing the best articles from the first 100 issues of The Voluntaryist . I have mentioned it to a number of friends and long-time subscribers, and each one has thought it a worthwhile idea. The beauty of the anthology is that the most important and significant articles appearing in The Voluntaryist over the last sixteen years would be bound together in one volume. This collection would be unique in may ways. First of all, there is no other body of literature that embraces the methods and strategy of The Voluntaryist .