That doesn't imply that every possible taxation system is an acceptable price. More to the point, a large fraction of the taxes that we pay go to things that h

That doesn't imply that every possible taxation system is an acceptable price. More to the point, a large fraction of the taxes that we pay go to things that have nothing to do with a civilized society. "Three generations of imbeciles are enough" - Oliver Wendell Holmes, in Buck vs Bell.