I, me, mine, I, me, mine, I, me, mine. — Banno
So what are we getting here, is the question about abortion and supporting it or being funded by those who doesn’t support it? am a bit lost? — RBS
it's ethical — Huh
Taxation for the purposes of maintaining a military for the sake of safety and enforcement of law seems hard to argue. — FlaccidDoor
Is this ethical in terms of the abortion context or the slaughterhouse example? — FlaccidDoor
This a mighty poor example for a libertarian to use for an attack on taxation. You are worried about the pennies spent on funding abortion, while ignoring the buckets of money spent on many useless military operations. The military depends on a lot of taxation of most of the population who do not receive either safety or enforcement of the law from the funded military activity. [It's mostly local and state police that protect safety and enforce law.] — Bitter Crank
If a cause is deemed wrong or offensive the logic behind it should be self-evident when brought up to the public through an action or awareness campaign or committee. However, just because you believe something is evil doesn't mean it's not a lesser evil. That is to say every point has a counterpoint. A popular and powerful one being "it would cost (you) money" such as mandating all food product be organic and cruelty-free or something. — Outlander
I am not talking about whether one thing is more evil than another. Rather I'm saying the taxes we pay to the government should be paying the minimum amount to maintain its own existence, and anything beyond that should be done by individuals. Virtue through the government doesn't work because we cannot agree on the virtue. — FlaccidDoor
Why would something that doesn't do anything of purpose need to exist in the first place? — Outlander
The point of a government is to enact the will of the people using its might, resources, and governmental status. — Outlander
Can you think of an example where people are less preoccupied about the contents of a minimum standard provision than more comprehensive one? Even just determining what gets to be called 'virtue based' and what is 'necessary' is going to cause an almighty shit fight, I would think. — Tom Storm
The less there is to go around, the more desperate people may become. — Tom Storm
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