| − | 1. In a [[Freedom|free]] [[society]], the taxes are used as the people see fit to promote and pay for their [[agenda]] for their [[country]]. In a non-free state the taxes are used as the [[leader]] chooses. In either society the force to make people pay taxes comes from the root of all political power, physical violence (or coercion). The people collectively give that right to a [[government]] in a [[democracy]]. In a [[dictatorship]] or other government not of the people, it is imposed on the subjects.
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