[quote]Seems to me like taxes in this country is like cell phone reception in Rancho Santa Fe. Everyone wants the benefit of the cell tower and the reception it brings but no one wants to “pay” for it by putting the tower on their property.[/quote]

Here’s where you’re wrong. Not everyone wants the “benefits” that gov’t provides but we are forced into paying for them. In fact, 95% of all services that gov’t provides can be better handled by the private sector. Imagine you walk into a store and only want to buy milk but the store forces you to load up the grocery cart because it claims you “need them”. You would cry foul, why should the gov’t be any different?

When I read gov’t programs and services, to me it means malinvestments. Gov’t programs are like someone who has a garage and attic full of “stuff” who claims they can’t live without them even though they’ve never looked at them soon after they were acquired. However, if you could secretly take away most of the “stuff” away, the person would never notice any difference. I feel the same way about gov’t programs.