"It's for society to decide. " If that's the case, then I should decide how my tax money is used, no? If we had universal healthcare, would I get to decide wh

"It's for society to decide. " If that's the case, then I should decide how my tax money is used, no? If we had universal healthcare, would I get to decide what you do with your body, since I, as a tax payer, would be paying for your risky behavior? "I'm curious as to why you think economic prosperity can only be reached by starting your own business." How do you propose economic prosperity if not through a business? A job? Who pays the wages of the workers?? That's right, a business The government? Where does the government get the money to pay someone? Taxes. Citizens pay taxes, but they get it through either 1) working for a business or 2) starting a business. An alternative is that the government essentially runs all businesses, but a centrally planned government monopoly is not very efficient and certainly isn't associated with prosperity. "What's the ideal end game here - every citizen of the US operates their own one-person business?" No. But if we change the economic climate which makes it very difficult to start a company, the only things that will be left will be big business and government monopolies.