not bombing foreign countries and not giving other countries foreign aid so all we need to focus on is roads and such. Much cheaper to add a new lane to i-5 than it is to rebuild afganistan
You didn't answer the question. You only said how you'd prefer the money be spent. Perhaps I poorly worded it, so let me be more clear: without taxation, where do you get the money to begin with?
have a flat income tax where everybody pays like 5% or something non-intrusive into their life. Or go back to excise taxes. Why do we need a government of our current size anyways?
can't reply to the latest message. Rite now it's theft. Tax's aren't used for american society. They're used to steal money from the poorest of our country to give to the richest of others (all the "foreign aid" is stolen through the inefficiency of bureaucracy). I'd be happy to pay taxes for services that I actually use, like roads and a police force and a fire station. But it doesn't make any sense to throw money into subsidizing somebody else's company or some other countries problems
So it isn't the "theft" you object to really, just how it is stolen and spent?
Because we, as a society, have decided we want/need a large government. It's not complicated. You don't have to like it, but don't pretend we didn't make a conscious choice as a society.
What's your alternative plan for paying for roads?