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 Because you choose to do it. Taxes are a different story. 
 So, because I 'choose' to live in a house, that's different?

I don't disagree with you - I think all taxes should be eliminated.

We should pay for what we use. Technology today would allow for this system. For example, all roads would be toll roads. We pay when we drive on them and USE them. That's fair. It's not a tax then, it's a user fee.

If we want to 'socialize' something, let the local community or church raise the money. All state and federal taxes eventually ruin the economy.

Local taxes can ruin the economy too, but you can move to the city down the highway which forces responsiblity. 
 I mean, there is a number of ways to make a living but there isn't many 
ways to not pay taxes, whether sales, income, property or capital gains.

Nobody is going to arrest you if you quit you 9-5 for a 2 hour part time
 gig and cut your costs of living.

People will arrest you if you decide 24% tax is too much and only pay 2%
 every year.

When people come to your door and arrest you for not doing what you want
 is when it becomes slavery. When people use physical force against you 
to make you do what they want, then it is slavery.