Thanks to the three-month extension caused by the pandemic, Tax Day this year falls immediately after Bastille Day. Libertarians might see a cruel irony there.

The slogans of the French Revolution were “liberty,” “equality,” and “fraternity.” Most libertarians concede the need for a stripped-down state that enforces a contract and provides for national defense that is morally acceptable, but they see redistributive taxation as an unacceptable violation of liberty in the name of those other two values.

Even America’s miserly patchwork of means-tested social programs is too much for them since it’s paid for with “other people’s money.”