In case you did not know, "through our government" is a misnomer. It is through taxpayer money as forced charitable giving.
Ok. use whatever excuse you need to rationalize that you are a tightwad who doesn't give to charity. It's not forced though. You don't have to pay income tax. If you work for someone else you're paying willingly (you don't need to work for someone else). If you've got your own operation going, go to all cash and don't pay anything. You can opt out, I know people who have.
Technical note:
When you quote a fellow member, you need to put it in italics. That is standard procedure not only here but thoughout the Internet message forum family.
It is very confusing and inappropriate to quote somebody and not to have the quote in italics. For the benefit of other members trying to read the thread, please italicize other members' quotes.