So is your argument that there should never be any taxes of any kind (anarcho-primitivism)?
I didn't say anything that even implied that. Clearly there are public goods that are best handled by a government.
My reply was directed specifically at a comment that proposed a tax to address environment problems caused by planned obsolescence. I was showing that the proposal doesn't actually do anything to eliminate the environmental externality.
If you can show me a more complete proposal that (a) really does address the environmental impact as part of the program; and also (b) addresses Public Choice economics (meaning that it accounts for regulatory capture, capriciously re-purposing the funds by politicians, etc.), then we can talk about it.
If that's not your argument, then what is unique about landfill taxes that make them more likely to be "gifted to special interests"?