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You could hear the same lament from any doctor, executive or candlestick maker.
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As the baker would be unwilling to give his cakes away, he would likely stop baking cakes for the candlestick maker.
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It could take them from the candlestick maker, but if he is not making candles, how will he pay the tax?
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The ability of the candlestick maker to demand cake from the baker is a function of his ability to supply candles to trade.
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Alternatively, if the butcher is still healthy, the government could tax him, and give his steaks to the candlestick maker to buy cakes.
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It simply transfers demand from the butcher to the candlestick maker.
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What if the candlestick maker gets sick and produces no candles?
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Even if there were a few candles left to tax, any that the government took would simply transfer demand from the candlestick maker to the government.
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Economic activity would naturally contract until the candlestick maker recovers.
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In the days before mass production, mass distribution and mass media, when customers knew the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker by name, they made little distinction between the seller and the product or service offered.
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