It's true that we each find ourselves in a context of public and private institutions and that (in addition to our own efforts) we owe our wealth to the existen

It's true that we each find ourselves in a context of public and private institutions and that (in addition to our own efforts) we owe our wealth to the existence of those institutions. It does not logically follow that our obligation to support government projects with taxes is unlimited. For example- Should people pay taxes to support the Judiciary? Should people pay taxes to subsidize corn farmers? We must be critical of public projects invented by government and parsimonious with our tax dollars. If we aren't then we will fall victim to every political group that says "we have a problem - and there ought to be a law to fix it."