Is forced taxation necessary to raise revenue?

[LLR]

Taxes are the way we get people to pay for things for the common good rather than out of necessity. If there were no taxes, people without children wouldn't be paying for public education, but it's in everyone's best interests that people get educated, and taxes assure that this is done. In addition, we cannot have wealthy philanthropists alone holding up the state, because either they won't follow through or the whole system will get very corrupt very fast.

And no, taxation is not theft. It's human decency. We all get the privilege of public education and working infrastructure and a functioning government. We take a personal hit for everyone's benefit. That's called life, get used to it.