To be fair, once you start arguing against taxes you really have to have a really clever answer to one of the following three questions:
* How do we voluntarily fund a government?
* How do we have an anarchic civilization?
* Are we willing to trade civilization for anarchy?
In other words, the type of person who argues that taxation is theft either has to shrug and say it's a necessary evil, have really clever answers to your objections, or be an anarchist. The anarchist will shrug his shoulders and say "we shouldn't have a US government" and the "necessary evil" folks like me will shrug their shoulders and say "you're both right".
* How do we voluntarily fund a government?
* How do we have an anarchic civilization?
* Are we willing to trade civilization for anarchy?
In other words, the type of person who argues that taxation is theft either has to shrug and say it's a necessary evil, have really clever answers to your objections, or be an anarchist. The anarchist will shrug his shoulders and say "we shouldn't have a US government" and the "necessary evil" folks like me will shrug their shoulders and say "you're both right".