Happily, what we&#x27;re now talking about is a matter of policy, not of principle.<p>You don&#x27;t feel like paying taxes so that our society can support artists, fine.  You might not feel like paying taxes to maintain rural roads (after all, you never drive there) or a public education system (you can pay for your kids&#x27; schooling).  And that&#x27;s all fine, but you&#x27;re already doing all that, just in a relatively clumsy way.<p>&quot;Taking more money from&quot; you to support my family is something that taxes and society have done from the very start.<p>This just shifts the bar a bit further.  It&#x27;s a matter of degree and not of kind.