An Austrian economist favours the free market which grants the maximum freedom of choice in human behaviour with the limit that no harm is done to any other person and contracts are honoured. We tend to favour private services and marketisation of government services over 'privatization' and we oppose socialism.
As a Christian I know that not all harm is direct and morals laws exist to deal with the consequences of actions that have effects far beyond the parties involved. These consequences are mostly family and community breakdown, disease and environmental problems.
Austrianism deals well with polution by advocating propper ownership rights. Most don't know that their right to clean air and water was taken from them by laws passed in the 1890's and is not a grant of the state.
I favour minimal government where the legislature doesn’t manage any money but only handles laws. Where the head of state is only a Commander in chief and chief diplomatic representative. Where the courts independently judge the law, can send a law back to the parliament for clarification but can’t change the law or expand the meaning of any clause by applying new changed meanings to the words of a law.
So who handles the tax money? Ideally there would be no tax. Samuel the biblical prophet argued against Israel having a human king because he would tax and conscript people. While neither tax nor conscription were sinful, he seems in 1 Samuel 8:10-18, to be arguing that both should be seen as undesirable.
Can charity and user pays meet our needs while replacing taxes? With the creative use of all the tools of management trusts, insurance mandates and marketized risk management and other tools it might be possible. The greatest challenge is to find a way to experiment with these tools without ruining peoples lives. That challenge remains unanswered at this stage.
Christian world views.
Including politics and economics.
A system that merges the dynamics of charitable donation and taxation. Turning government agencies into competitive charities.