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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my child was young she once asked me what the government was for. I answered simply, "To protect us." I don't believe that is the case any longer now that we are in the "Golden Age" of Trump. If the government no longer: ensures our access to clean air and clean water; protects us from infectious diseases; pays for vital research to address major health conditions like cancer; protects from losing our civil rights; ensures the welfare of our veterans; or provides basic customer service for such important government programs as social security, and so on and so forth, then WHY ARE WE PAYING FEDERAL TAXES?[/quote]

These were not primary reasons to tax incomes. [/quote]

I mean, yeah they are.  Those are all basic governmental functions.  [/quote]

Read what the federal govt funded before the civil war that was intent of the framers. It's gotten out of hand since then[/quote]

General Washington mandated inoculation his men against smallpox in 1777.  Veteran welfare has always been a part of military service, which is a primary government function.  Clean water is civic.  Investment in innovation is in the constitution (the Patent Office).

Social Security is about the only basic governmental function that was not around in the time of the Founders.  That's the one that you want to get rid of?  Really?[/quote]

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