> Funny, the federal income task pays for none of the items in your list. It is impossible to completely separate the functioning of the current system from th

> Funny, the federal income task pays for none of the items in your list. It is impossible to completely separate the functioning of the current system from the way it is funding. Every single thing in the United States benefits at least in part by functioning within the system as a whole, and that includes the legal and regulatory framework. > Roads are mostly state, A large amount of that state funding is from grants to the state by the federal government. Updated data from the Census Bureau's 2015 Annual Survey of State Government Finances published last week indicates that federal aid made up nearly a third of all states’ general fund revenues in fiscal year 2015. The single largest line items in states’ budgets include federal funding for transportation, Medicaid and other social assistance programs. ... The federal government distributed $41.6 billion in roadway infrastructure and highway safety funding to states in fiscal 2015.[1] The article also includes a handle by-state breakdown of funding received for transportation, and the percentage of that states transportation spending that results in. > airways are mostly private But the FAA regulates how planes fly, and what safety precautions must be taken. > doctors and hospitals are outrageously expensive But there are rules about what they must and must not do, and how drugs and treatments must be verified and what can be said about them. > I'm not sure what that means in this context but yea, government regulations sure saved that one from going to the shitter. It means some protections are better than none. There's a difference between being in the toilet and being flushed into the sewer. > Why is it that any criticism of our current tax regime Classifying taxation as theft is not "any criticism". If you use extreme, and in my eyes unjustified rhetoric, expect it to be called out. > I'm more than happy to pay taxes I feel are reasonable in amount and directly beneficial in some way. ...and that's supposed to have been expressed by "Stop stealing 30% of my income"? 1: http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-state-budgets-federal-funding-2015-2018-trump.html http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-state-budgets-fe...