“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

I found a great article on BagOfNothing called 101 Things NOT to Do If You Hate Taxes. Although I certainly wouldn’t argue that every dollar spent by our various government agencies goes to a worthy cause, this article does a great job of listing dozens of services that our tax dollars provide. We all use many of these services every day. Others we’ll probably never use, but could be lifesavers if we ever need them.

Like many of you, I think our federal government spends too much money. It shouldn’t spend more than it takes in any more than a business should. But if you don’t want to raise taxes to cover what we’re already spending, which of these items would you scale back?