Hello Chris, thank you for your comment.
I would to some extend agree that there are some generalization in the article, since it only is an article and not a book generalizations would be necessary if the article shouldn't end with more than 50 pages. It is a wrong to conclude that the view on the libertarians in this article is that they are in favor of the state of nature. I argued that they believe that there only should be paid enough taxes in order to avoid the state of nature.
I do though not believe that my view is dishonest as you mention.
As an example Nozick is in favor of a minimal state, where the taxes should be limited to the very least. Nozick as one of the leading philosophers of the libertarian school, believed that taxation is interfering with the personal freedom.
I don't believe that many libertarian are in favor of taxation. On an everyday basis a high taxation do in their point of view remove the motivation of working.
The idea for them is exactly that the people are responsible for their own acts and they should have the chance to invest the money they earned as they desire.
As I pointed out, this has its good and negative sides depending whom is having the view.
Currently I am living in Greece, and I must admit that I find it disturbing paying taxes here, since I feel that the taxation here is interfering with my freedom and is used to either pay the failures of others and keeping a failed state alive.
I don't feel that I am having any health insurance from the government, despite the fact that I am paying around 250 dollars or more per month only for public health insurance through my tax payments. Personally I would in this case benefit more by having a private insurance, since I am eating healthy food and keeping myself in a good shape.
On the other hand I also have been living the majority of my life in Denmark where I was more than happy to pay around 45% of my salary in taxes, since I felt that it wasn't interfering with my freedom but instead was my contribution to a healthy society with a high level of safety.
What I want to say with this example is that I don't see this from any negative perspective, nor do I view libertarians as bad people.
For every society there is an ideology that fits, which is the reason why we have so many different ideologies.
If I myself should point out a point of criticism, it should be the choice of photo in the beginning, since this might seem a bit negative.
RE: Taxes, are they limiting our freedom?