Yours is a slippery slope fallacy. Conservatives aren’t inclined to eliminate all taxes. Government could receive much less in revenues and continue to maintain defense. We should lower taxes drastically, cut social programs drastically and maintain an adequate defense. That’s the conservative way. Local governments don’t need monstrous amounts of revenues for public education, the Violence Against Women Act, make-work projects and so on.
I never said they were. Please see #68.
We should lower taxes drastically, cut social programs drastically and maintain an adequate defense. That’s the conservative way.
I completely agree and advocate the same. I did not say anything to the contrary. Your argument is therefore directed at a straw man --- something I did not say.
More importantly, the discussion was about what something is (is paying less taxes patriotic). You are arguments are about what we shoud do. I am sure you can see that it is a different matter.