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To: TimF who wrote (11297)	2/8/2006 9:52:22 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541647

The existence of government depends on its power to collect taxes, not any real or perceived right to do so. I'm not at all surprised you think so. Completely consistent. But if power were the only thing, then taxes would be next to impossible to collect. Citizens would find innumerable ways to keep from paying taxes. The much larger component is the willingness of citizens to pay taxes and thus the degree to which, at some level, they consider the government a legitimate one.