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 No.

Anything coerced is amoral. Period. End of story.  
 wearing a seatbelt? driving on one side of the road versus another? food safety regulations? building codes? pollution controls? 
 None of anyone else's business, quite frankly.

I treasure responsibity for myself. I don't need a gubment to force me to do things. In fact, that coercion makes me want to do those things less, and, in fact, makes me less capable of doing those things since taxation steals my ability to care for things.