Yachtie
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ORIGINAL: Moonhead Right. Again, dodging the issue. Let's see if you can actually answer a simple question: are State governments funded by taxation, and if so why do you find them more acceptable than the federal government, given your libertarian allergy to paying taxes? There was no dodge. I answered your question. Yes, state governments are funded by taxation. The federal government is funded by both taxation and deficit spending. Taxation is not the issue when it comes to acceptance of one above the other. The issue is one of power. As to your stating I have an allergy to paying taxes, I have no libertarian allergy as to taxes. libertarians, generally, do not have such aversion. (I use a small l here as to differentiate from the Libertarian Party.) State sales tax, excise taxes are fine. I do take issue with income tax as it's, on one point, levied at the point of a gun. Property tax is another one but I'll leave that alone. Most libertarians take issue with just what state versus federal should do. Most libertarians are rather strict Constitutional constructionists. Thus the issue is ultimately one of power.
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