Seems to me that taxes are what we pay for communal efforts that need to be coordinated centrally -- things like national standards, national science efforts beyond the reach of commercial enterprise, national projects of great scope such as the Interstate System and the electrification of the country.

When it turns out that what we ar epaying for instead is the enrichment of Senator Applebum and his hot-dog-stand issues, I get sore too. I am not working for them and don't think I should be forced to.


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