we talk about this in our book, the johnstown city tax, johnstown, pennsylvania, back in the '50s it was decimated by a flood and so pennsylvania said, okay, we're going to put a tax on alcohol and the proceeds from this tax will rebuild johnstown after the flood. and, of course, the tax generated lots of money and rebuilt johnstown, but once johnstown was rebuilt, the tax didn't go away. we still have the tax today. in fact, to date, pennsylvania has collected enough revenue from that tax to rebuild johnstown six times over, and the tax will not go away because once government gets a tax, it likes to hang onto it. >> professor davies, you write in your book, the essence of government is force. >> yeah, the essence of government is force. when we wrote this book, what motivated it was we looked back through history and what we notice is any time humans come together to do anything, they organize themselves either according to principles of cooperation or principles of coercion. and principles of cooperation means you come together voluntarily and you do something, if things work out

after its flood and of course the tax generated lots of money and rebuilt johnstown but once johnstown was rebuilt the tax didn't go away and we still have the tax today and in fact today pennsylvania has collected enough revenue from the tax to rebuild johnstown six times over. and of the tax willnot go away because once government gets attacks likes to hang onto it . >> professor you write in your book the essence of government isforce . >> the essence of government is force. when we wrote this book, what motivated it was we look back through history and what we notice is anytime humans come together to do anything, they organize themselves either according to principles of cooperation or principles of coercion. principles of cooperation means you come together voluntarily and you do something and things work out that's great, if they don't you're free to walk away. everything going on is cooperative, it's voluntary and then we also organize ourselves from time to time according to principles of coercion. we have somebody who says okay, this is what's going to happen and if you're go

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johnstown, colorado. >> thank you for c-span. on the vaccine, i completely agree.he scientific method, which i learned in school, is not to be argued with. it is pure logic. i reason for calling is because i really was sorry i didn't get into talk to mr. rasmussen. i have always wondered when we try to help you countries become democratic, and we help them develop their constitution, it seems like we leave out something, such as the right to bear arms, which i wondered how that affected afghanistan. then i wondered about, having heard about, not seen, heard new democratic countries where they still are socialist countries. there is entrepreneurship that he talked about. people tend to vote for the promises that government will buy me and give me and take care of me. so, i think it takes more than just democracy. i think it also takes a free market. i also think that it takes individual protections and rights, such as the right to bear arms. i know that it's very controversial, but, also, the lack of including the electoral college. africa is a new democracy, and we