Ihe essence of taxation, seen from the point of view of the tax- payer, is the forcible confiscation of resources. This … taxation and its relation- ship to the operation of the military system. It is specifically fo- cused on this relationship as …

government handouts. Many people now believe, and act as if, everyone can live at the expense of everyone else. As government …

increase in tax- ation during the wars with France, and amassive increase in public debt, and the subject of taxation was … in 1845 that, “considering the importance of taxation, both as regards the interest of the public and of individuals … to the study of fiscal questions, had surveyed taxation in the 1770s, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and …

of en- forcement of the tax laws. Of all federal government agencies, the Internal Revenue Service IIRS) is permitted the … greatest latitude in its relations with citizens, to the point where the authority of government directly conflicts with the …

conser- vation argue that resources must be conserved by government decree. Their position is based largely on a distrust of …

least call for both a “minimalstate’’andasharplimitationuponthescopeandthelevel of government activity. This … insistence upon limited government, especially in the area of economic regulation, has greater intellec- tual and popular … intervention in environmental matters, even by those who see themselves as hostile to big government... …

, neutral to the market. Free-market economists have advocated such neutrality of government, and even economists favoring … redistributive actions by government have believed that the service activities and the re- distributive activities of government can … neutral government; the paper argues that all government activities necessari(y divert incomes, re- sources, and assets from …