I have always felt over the years that our federal, state and local governments has no authority to collect taxes. But, because of the use of its courts and fines, people pay them regardless.
I feel its our public duty to not pay taxes to support a specific program that each of us may or may not feel is right or wrong to support. This action, that of not paying a specific tax for a specific program, is probably our greatest way of making our individual voices heard. This to me, is our democratic way of conducting our government. But, we don’t live in a pure democratic form of society and our government is structured as a Republic unfortunately.
People in general think we live in a Democracy. This is a false belief. We actually live in a Republic. We, as a individual tax payer, should not need to pay for all taxes that are levied against us. But, be aware, if you don’t pay for a specific program you might not like, make sure you know you shouldn’t and won’t get the benefits from that program you don’t support in the future in case you need it in case this can ever take place!