I agree with the sense of your question completely. The problem is that the all-powerful state will never give up taxing us to death. Therefore, in my next-to-ideal world, a safety net, not a hammock, tied directly to a person's efforts to remove themselves from it, would work.
I also agree with the remainder of your sentiments. My initial post was trying to address one small part of the overall problem.
The problem is that the all-powerful state will never give up taxing us to death.Too true. Unless we stop them!
Thanks for your kind words, I was pretty sure we were on the same page, but wanted it to be explicitly said for the more casual reader...