At 08:07 AM 1/2/04 -0500, Michael Kalus wrote:

And how much money does she get back by services? Say: Homelandsecurity?

Put the crack pipe down, Michael. Colonial empires need fatherland security when the conquered start sending feedback. Moral states bordered by Mexico, Canada and oceans don't even need a standing army a tenth of the size of the US's at any point in the last 100 years. And strict libertarians do accept taxation for police & defense, little else. Not progressively increasing taxes, not punitive taxes, but the (only) legit function of government is protecting against coercion (incl. fraud & pollution). Some (currently small) fraction of police work / law actually does this.