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> A counterargument would be that the US government's job is to represent the people who pay taxes to it. Mexicans don't pay US taxes. Why are you invoking tax
by matt4077 9y ago
> A counterargument would be that the US government's job is to represent the people who pay taxes to it. Mexicans don't pay US taxes.
Why are you invoking tax payment to explain the relationship of a government to its citizen? Citizens' rights, and the government's interest in their well-being are not a service offered in exchange for money.
- zo1 9y agoOf course it is. The expectation for the majority of people is that their taxes are going towards improving themselves, their-country, and their needy neighbors. The government "representing" the people is a proxy for letting the tax-payer "pick" where, how, and to what extent that obligation gets fulfilled.