Wacky Wednesday--Compulsory Taxation Is Wrong

Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.

~How can a government be justified in taking from a person money to do something that a private citizen would be arrested for taking money from him to do?
~Taxation is a violation of property rights and a form of forced labor.
~Isn’t part of the idea of having “my money” that other people can’t just take it from me?
~The consent of the governed is the key to a just government. So why don’t we entrust people with the power to consent to giving their money to that government? Are they so despicable and irrational that they won’t pay voluntarily?
~Churches seem to have enough funds to do what they do, and all their money is raised voluntarily or through commerce.
~If we had a voluntary system, people wouldn’t complain about having too much taken from them.
~The free market works for everything else, why wouldn’t it work for government?
~What does it say about a population that they only pay money because they’re afraid of the government agents? How convinced are such people that they are getting a good deal for their money?
~Voluntary taxes mean less power for government to expand, waste, and pay for pork.
~Show me where the Bible talks favorably about tax collectors
~Who spends money more wisely: you or Washington?
~If government indeed provides a service worth purchasing, why does it have to force us to buy the service?
~The state knows that taxation is unjust, which is why they try to spread out the payments over time and hide the fact from you of just how much you are paying through withholding taxes enforced by your employer rather than by themselves. Then they also spread it out over a hundred different products and fees so that you really have no idea just how much you are paying at all. This is the behavior of a liar, a cheat, or a thief, not an honest merchant of a valuable service.

Bible references: Matt 17:24-27, Matt 22:15-22, Mark 12:13-17, Luke 3:10-14, Luke 20:20-26, Rom 13:1-7, Titus 3:1-2, 1 Peter 2:13-16, 1 Timothy 2:1-4 and All uses of the word Tax

Links:
Tax by Wikipedia
Abolish all "taxes" Opinion, by NY Times
The moral case against taxation by Strike-the-root.com
Theological arguments against taxation by Notaxation.org
Taxation, forced labor, and theft by Independent.org
Taxation through the ages by Sobran.com
Taxation is theft by Homepages.cs
What Bible says about taxes by Gotquestions.org
Did Jesus pay taxes? by About.com
Professor cites Bible in faulting taxes by NY Times
The Bible and taxes by Wallbuilders.com
Everyone should pay income taxes by Ari Fleischer