A lot of people think that way. Try a conversation about taxes, specifically what one might consider a "fair share". Inevitably some jackass waltzes in with "we

A lot of people think that way. Try a conversation about taxes, specifically what one might consider a "fair share". Inevitably some jackass waltzes in with "well, nothing is stopping you from paying extra", and sometimes even handily posts a link to the IRS site, as if that's a clever argument. "Nothing stopping you..." is all-too-often another way of saying, "I will make no attempt at making a good-faith argument".