An almost perfect set of words. Governments are necessary for protection from all sorts of things, as well as the protection of a few things. And that costs money, thus was born the Tax. And a Constitution to limit the things a tax might be required to pay for, you accept that as part of your Citizenship. Those commenting against it and or on Obama Care forget a few things. People who can't pay are now treated at hospitals because of a Law passed back when they would refuse even a bleeding dying person treatment if they couldn't pay. There was a time when Physicians were more interested in practicing their ability to heal than the bottom line. They would even barter for their services, a chicken for the table was worth something. Of course the Government didn't want half of all the things it couldn't spend. People would pay what they could afford, and they would so today if it was allowed, but it isn't. Today it's all about the money, and it must be tracked every minute and every time it changes hands. Almost every time money changes hands there is a tax. Anyone ever wonder if all these Money problems, the rampant Greed of recent years, that brought about the collapse we are paying for and then some now, might have anything to do with the rise in status back in the 80's of the once lowly MBA, the rush to get one because starting salaries were $100,000 or more, and then Greed was Good [I hear it's legal now], cocaine residue was on 80% of all the money, credit was easy, and the race for the most toys, and money was on; and an office visit to the Doc was only $10 or $15, and even at minimum wage there was a house you could afford to buy. The Great Divide, between the haves and havenots, grew exponentially, if you were on the [have] money side great for you and life was good. If not your same dreams moved farther away every month until like a ship's sails passing the horizon they could no longer be seen, and you knew they were gone forever. You watched as your whole world, your country was sold out from under you, bit by bit, even your job, and finally even your home was gone. What does a drowning man do when he sees a hand reach out to save him? How will he react to someone pulling that hand away? And how easy will he be to manipulate with the promise of that hand coming back? It would have been oh so cheaper to have kept the Country intact and out of debt. To have stopped any need for a helping hand before it developed was the better move. That is how you stop Tyranny and all it's Kin from ever taking root.