That's like saying that if I don't think government's spending enough on national defense, I can always donate money to that purpose whenever I want, and encourage others to do so as well. Very specious argument.
When you ask government to impose selective taxes for political and social goals in one sector of our nation, how can you credibly object to the like use of taxation to intrudes political or social control over your interests?
I don't expect my government to do a whole lot for me. But I do expect it to defend the country from foreign control. That's what it's there for. So no, I completely reject the suggestion that by demanding that government do its legitimate job, I'm somehow authorizing it to assume total control over society.
I don't expect my government to do a whole lot for me. But I do expect it to defend the country from foreign control.
That is what the Commerce Clause as it applies to foreign trade is for, and the enumerated powers of government to make treaties and conduct war with foreign nations.
"[D]efend the country from foreign control" certainly, but that is a far cry from controlling the choices of American Citizens through taxation. Regulate the access of foreign interests, and trade with other nations directly and visibly. A tariff does neither, a tariff is an impostion on American citizens and a control over the citizen not a control over access of foreign governments.
Looks like you and I will just have to agree to disagree in methods where this area of the exercise of the powers of national government are concerned.