I almost to the point....

[henry quirk]

The problem, of course, with such a high-minded notion is that always, always, always, what any particular body gives or takes is decided by 'someone else' with little to no regard given to what that body 'wants' or actually 'needs'.

You want me, for example, to pay for the 'benefits' I supposedly receive from living in a 'society'? Fine: send me a bill for the specific benefits I've gotten.

What? It's not possible to isolate my particular use of 'public service' and bill me accordingly? Certainly seems like the Electric Company, the Water Company, the Garbage Service, and any number of other private service providers, have no such problem determining exactly what I owe them for any specific service.

And: each of those service providers offers mechanisms for settling disputes between company and customer (try disputing your 'bill' with the IRS sometime... )

My point: 'government' is supposed to be about service and proxies, not directives and governors....what an individual pays should be tied intimately to services rendered to 'that' individual, not as generalized tribute in support of *communitarian agenda.









*the republicans are much a communitarian bunch as the democrats...apart from what representatives of each party 'say', the two parties are EXACTLY the same.