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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack@Dec 2 2003, 03:30 PM
Because it's no more "forced" than me being "forced" to pay for something that I walk out of a store with.
In Australia my taxes go towards lots of things I like - parks, roads, medical care for all, libraries, art galleries etc. I am getting something for my money. Hell, I don't even mind paying for welfare. What do I get out of that? I don't have to see people with styrofoam coffee cups begging for money on the streets of my city.
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If you choose not to buy something at the store, the shopkeeper will not come to your house with a gun and force you to buy it.
Should you choose not to pay the percentage of taxes that goes to fund abortions because you are morally opposed to them, the government WILL come and get you.
Your illusions of force and choice are interesting...
What about people that might like to see homeless people on the sidewalk and more money in their bank account? You feel it is your right to impose on them YOUR desire not to see styrofoam coffee cups, through taxation for programs YOU believe in. Therefore, the religious right and you are on the same moral ground. Congratulations for joining them in their piety.