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 I tolerate high tax rates to afford free (hospitalised) healthcare, or taking care of the sick or disabled. One could argue that is good, and one could argue it may cause stress on others. There’s one example for you of something that is good and requires tolerance, please put a little more thought into your next posts! 
 Tax is theft. I tolerate it because the alternative is death. I tolerate being bound and gagged while someone rifles through my house, not because this person is performing a necessary service to his children but because I have been cornered and deceived. No good comes of theft. To accept government services is to steal from the public. You may benefit from death and theft, but this can't be called good. 
 Well, that is certainly a point of view. Not a good one though. I was suspicious that you may have thought like this however, hence why I used tax in my example 
 Not an argument 
 I should have predicted your politics from your last name.