Why should People pay taxes to finance an unjust war with which they disagree?

If the majority of the people feel that a war is wrong..and we ought not be there, surely we oughta be able to say I will not finance this war.

Why should People pay taxes to finance an unjust war with which they disagree?
Unfortunately, we can't pick and choose where our tax dollars go. We pay them or go to jail, and then the government can spend them however they wish.





My pet peeve is corporate welfare, especially for drug companies. They receive millions in government subsidies to develop new drugs, then claim in their ads that they have to charge such high prices for the drugs because it took a lot of money to develop them. They don't mention that that money came from the taxpayers, not from their own pockets.
Reply:Sounds like you are in my position and have to pay a lot. I don't even have a job, they didn't extend the benefits and now I'm not even being counted because Bush thought that people that didn't find a job in 6 months shouldn't count. Doesn't that sound like today was planned? Now they say I owe them more. I say a class action law suit against Bush and Chaney with their money being used to reimburse all of us except the ones that are still on the Bush team.
Reply:As Dick Cheney said, "So?"


In other words, "Too bad, we're in it."
Reply:You have learned a very valuable lesson, that the majority opinion does not always carry the day, nor is it respected by the elected officials we voted in to represent our best interests, and opinions.
Reply:-because we are now paying the consequences for electing into office a hawkish president who was ill-informed and misled the American public. The people are partially responsible for the mess we are in now.
Reply:We live in a republic not a democracy. You can still win the presidency if you have more electoral votes even though the other one has more popular votes. So, even though a majority is not in favor of something, if it's the law, then it's the law.
Reply:Same reason why people pay taxes to finance welfare. If the majority of the people feel that welfare is wrong, surely we should be able to say I don't want to finance welfare.