maratd's idea is that in order to not be violated by a government, one must pay that government. The people you pay will violate you if you don't pay them. It

maratd's idea is that in order to not be violated by a government, one must pay that government. The people you pay will violate you if you don't pay them. It is a textbook protection racket. Of course it is not accurate to state that the government is running a protection racket because his initial premise from which that follows is stunningly idiotic in the first place. Rights are not given in return for tax money, not even in America. Non-taxpaying non-citizens enjoy basic protection under the law if they happen to be physically located in America; they don't have to "buy" that. That "physically located" qualification is what needs to be changed. "They don't pay taxes to us" is not an excuse.