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the purpose of an army is to fight wars. It has other effects as a result, but that's its purpose.
Taxes pay for government. Some people decided to extend the functions of government, so taxes followed that too. But that doesn't change the basic function of taxes. We can argue about whether govt should be in the redistribution business, and that would be a worthwhile discussion, but you're getting hung up on unnecessary overconceptualization. The purpose of taxes is to pay for the government to operate.
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