The reason why the quote about tax minimization is BS is that the government still has to pay its bills. If every rich corporation is taking advantage of every conceivable loophole, and lobbying for ever more loopholes then the share of the bill starts to fall on the shoulders of everyone else, who doesn't have the time or money or both to lobby for special treatment. And that is unfair.

OTOH, there has to be some balance especially with the amounts of money we're talking about, or corporations will stop trying lobbyists and start hiring white collar crooks to hide their money. Which is why the proper place to settle this is in the legislature where everyone gets at least some way to sort out who pays and how much.

You're right. Which is why I think a fair solution is to round up people who think taxation is automatically immoral (along with the rest of the "if a government did it, then it is by definition immoral" brigade), drop them somewhere with no government and no laws, limited resources and maybe a bunch of weapons, and let them put their philosophies to the test.

If there are any survivors, then when they make their way back to civilization they might have a different worldview.