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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
During the last Olympics it was suggested that there should be a base taxes that everyone pays into and "optional taxes" for things such as Olympic training. So in such a case, since the former is mandatory and the latter optional, money wasted from Olympic training program would not be "wasting our money". By your logic, it is the choice to pay that determines whether it is "our" money or not?
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It's more the coercion involved in taxation. You HAVE to give them the money, regardless of how they are going to spend it.
I totally agree with optional taxation. In fact, instead of tax forms, the government should send you a bill every year showing exactly where your tax dollars are going.