In Spain, the government literally takes 50% of what I earn from my salary alone. If I add other taxes such as VAT, it takes practically 70% or more of what I earn.

With 50% of my salary, I could:

- Take out private health insurance that is much better than public coverage, which is a real disaster.

- Enroll my children in a top private school.

- Save for my retirement and not need a pension.

- Pay for private roads, if necessary. In Spain, the concept of private highways already exists and should be extended to all roads so that the state does not administer them, and now you will understand why.

- Take out private security insurance (if it existed).

And I assure you that I would have more than half of my money left over.

Why the hell do we need a state? It is totally inefficient. In exchange, they take more from me than it would cost me to replace all the services offered by the state, and even for quality services, I would still have half my money left over.