Given that Singapore is a medium-sized city providing financial services for an entire continent, it&#x27;s probably not a model of fiscal sustainability the rest of the world can readily follow<p>And yes, virtually all the states on that list are significantly poorer and have drastically worse social services than Western Europe.<p>I didn&#x27;t contract with the government to accept their jurisdiction over territory (though every tax I&#x27;ve ever paid has been due to a free and fair decision to do business and make purchases on their terms), but then I didn&#x27;t contract with wealthy people to agree to their ownership of assets they claim rights to stop me using or charge me for using either...<p>Contrary to propertarian mythology, <i>both</i> the institutions of property and government are imposed by a mixture of force and the likelihood of society being substantially worse off if they didn&#x27;t exist.