Good Grief: Obama Invokes George Washington To Defend Tax Increases

Ugh:

When you pay your taxes so that the local government can hire police officers for public safety, you are happy to do so because it is a legitimate function of government. When you pay your taxes so that the local government can hire fire fighters for public safety, you are happy to do so because it is a legitimate function of government. As long as those entities don't metastasize into lifestyle, pension and healthcare management entities that do public service on the side, poorly and at a loss, you are happy to pay your taxes. But when the government takes taxes from you simply to give that money to someone else, it is theft. They are simply stealing your money because that is not a legitimate function of government. George Washington was arguing for legitimate functions of government. Obama is not.