Question for the right wingers

Originally posted by Radar


Taxes are theft plain and simple. Nobody can prove otherwise and are therefore a violation of our rights. Not all services are evil, just those that are funded through theft or coercion. Privately funded social services are great.

Same old dog and pony show from Radar. I think that rather then arguing the Constitution (which can be vague in some areas, and open to different interpretations of its meaning by everyone except Radar), it might be more productive (or at least more interesting) to discuss the moral and political philosophy from which a culture takes its standards. What is it that we owe society and what in turn does society owe us? How does the concept of enlightened self interest fit into the picture? Given the breakdown of the family unit, does it behoove the government to step in and make decisions for individuals that once upon a time their family members would have made? Tossing in the argument that the "Constitution says or doesn't say" is to me, merely a diversionary tactic, aimed at derailing the original question in matters such as this one.