> I'm not talking about taxes in particular, I'm just talking about government in general. Then stop doing that, and talk about the situation at hand, using th

> I'm not talking about taxes in particular, I'm just talking about government in general. Then stop doing that, and talk about the situation at hand, using the evidence in front of you. Even if "free market good, government bad" were a good rule of thumb (which it isn't), it clearly isn't working in this situation, so it's irrelevant.