Paying for what you use up

Among the standard bleats of those who want [to be heard asking for] less taxes on everyone, and want to actually have less taxes on the bleater personally, is a sort of pugnacious Babbitty claim that ?I earned my money by my own efforts and when the government takes it from me it?s theft.?� Another is that individuals will spend a given dollar better than the government.
Both of these extremely tiresome memes were thrown around in response to a couple of earlier posts (at the Reality-Based Community) with a confidence that surprised me coming ... More >Bicycle Horse House