Carol, Merely having a tax, to use for the common use of the citizenry, it not the same as having a socialistic form of government. I just went to another thread, about Israel, and Iran, and read your posts. You are certainly too astute,and intelligent, to make that that mistake, about socialism, and merely paying taxes for services rendered.yes, I agree that to a limited degree there were provisions to do that, but saying that socialism, is what the founding fathers had in mind, is like saying 95% of all forest fires are caused by trees!