> The government should have no info on you at all ...
Are you meaning for citizens of the country, or visitors to the country?
If you're meaning for citizens... um... how would the government know you're a citizen if it has no records of you? Ditto for knowing who to collect tax from, although a Good-and-Services-Tax could remove that particular need. ;)
You hit the nail on the head.. I dont find income based taxation to be ethical at all, and believe either a Land Use tax, Service fees, or contextual public finance is a better way, not stealing a part of a persons labor.
I also see government as only being needed for "night watchman" status, not as providers of all your needs from craddle to grave, under such a system of governance visitors to the nation are no different than citizens, as everyone is equal before the law, and the law is only used for peaceful dispute resolution between 2 parties. Not to dole out political based favors via an ever increasing state via both government contracts to big business, and government subsides to protect business, and social welfare which also is a handout to large business..
Once that state has no power to redistribute wealth (often from the poor to the rich in practice not in the manner many democrats envision the redistribution is going in their fantasy) then the need to track every dollar, and every person drops to near zero
Are you meaning for citizens of the country, or visitors to the country?
If you're meaning for citizens... um... how would the government know you're a citizen if it has no records of you? Ditto for knowing who to collect tax from, although a Good-and-Services-Tax could remove that particular need. ;)