Indeed.  Logical consistency would dictate that you should either be for both or against both, but not for one and against the other.<p>But humans are notorious for allowing emotional concerns, religious beliefs, and simple self-interest override logic.<p>Maybe they just don&#x27;t like the reverse-lottery aspect of funding the government.  Rather than a lucky person getting a windfall from the government, an unlucky person loses everything to it.  You can avoid the lottery by not buying tickets, but the only way to avoid the anti-lottery is by not having anything to steal.  For most people, that would be a pretty miserable existence.<p>People want to believe that their government exists to serve their interests.  They may be more upset that the government is <i>spoiling the illusion of fairness</i>--that the government is doing all this publicly--than the fact that the government is doing it at all.  Because as bad as they might have it now, if there is a rebellion, the new boss might, in fact, be worse than the old boss.