I would just like to point out that I would willingly volunteer a portion of my income to federal need IF the government was broken down to its basic purpose(army, police, law courts) - so I would know exactly where my money was going and what it was to be used for, because then it would not be for "federal need" - but my own. If I agreed with what the money was going for(and I would, if it went to those aforementioned departments), I would give a portion of my income. But I do not agree with welfare and public education and "eminent domain" and the war on Iraq and giving Africa more money - how can I be forced to fund those things which I disagree with? The only way is by force - by the political power of a totalitarian system. And if I do want to donate some money to some other cause, that cause should be to a private charity, not some government-subsidized mess - and again, because I choose to.
