Except that taxes are your contribution to the basic infrastructure of the country , if your wealth is based on the country ' s wealth and well being , you should be paying towards it . The wealth of the Waltons , for instance , based on the roads the Walmart vehicles and their customer ' s vehicles use to get to and from the stores , their staff need to be healthy and educated , the stores need access to emergency services , they get away with shitty wages because the welfare system props up their staff , and so much more . No man is an island is very true when it comes to taxes . <| sep |> Sorry , there have been dozens of ICO ' s since then , some of them closing million in $, all funded with Eth . I ' m certainly not endorsing the Dao fork , I actually sold all my Eth after that was agreed to , but I definitely wouldn ' t say there is no economic activity .