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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 2147248, member: 41863&quot;]Not valid at all. Exxon is a private company that provides a product. Our society relies heavily on that product, but I could live without Exxon if I needed to. </p><p><br /></p><p>The government on the other hand is put in place by the people and derives its power from us. So your example doesn&#039;t apply. The philosophy almost worked, but when the government is supposed to represent the people, the people should be comfortable paying for the services and expenditures. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are entire beaurocracies that take our money and have ZERO oversight or accountability on where it gets spent. With that in mind, I refuse to give them every little dollar when they do things in MY name and I get no say-so, especially when our government is supposed to be run off our input. </p><p><br /></p><p>We went to war over &#039;No taxation without representation&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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