“FreedomNotSafety - Absolutely. When a government decides that you must pay a tax or they confiscate property which you paid for, it’s wrong.”
It is wrong for the government to decide you must pay a tax? How do you propose to finance government?
Confiscation is probably wrong under most present day practices.
Darn skippy, especially when it's used as a weapon against people. They don't have to tax every stinking thing under the sun, nor do they have to make taxes excessive. Do yourself a favor; add up all the taxes you pay. All of them. Don't you think YOU could find a better use for those funds?
How do you propose to finance government?
As little as possible. Do we really need redundant government agencies? Do we really nee school district superintendent that make 6-figure incomes, and have huge bureaucratic staffs, yet teachers suffer and students are sub-par?
Come to think of it, I don';t have children. Why should I be forced to subsidize someone else's kid?
Confiscation is probably wrong under most present day practices.
Uh....no. Refuse to pay what the taxman demands and see what happens.