The other poster sarcasticly lists government programs he thinks everyone is in favor of (Social Security, Libraries, etc) and then goes on a tirad about how we are all rich and don't care about the people starving (presumably in America as the American government is the subject of the thread, though aside form the children of druggies I see a great deal more obesity than starvation, especially among the poor).
Your argument is the "either or" logic fallacy. EITHER the government takes massive amounts of money from the people who earn it OR the poor go hungry. It totally ignores the fact that when people get to keep larger portions of their paycheck they will take care of their own and their neighbors and do it better and more efficiently than the government ever dreamed of doing it.
Military and police are clearly appropriate roles for the government as outlined in the Constitution and the Bible. Retirement, libraries, health-care, bank bailouts, preserving the one-footed-bugger-picker, and education are NOT. These are areas that belong to the people.
"Absolute power corrupts absolutely" -Thomas Jefferson
"He wasn't talking about horse-power" -Uncle Eric
Our government is not immune from being tyrannical and dangerous. Any government run by human beings is in danger of oppressing its citizens. Ours has now grabbed enough power it could easily begin to compete with Stalin in becoming infamous in history, all for the "common good" of course.
"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." -Benjamin Franklin
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