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Characterizing taxes paying for a government program as a purchase is dishonest.
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I'm inclined to agree, since the element of coercion makes it an involuntary transaction and therefore not, strictly speaking, a purchase. However, one of my favorite authors described Gov't thus: "The compulsory sale, for inflated prices, of unwanted services." I can think of few more fitting discriptions.
However, I think Cimmaron was referring to the requirements, in various versions of the Obamacare bills, which force people to purchase health insurance.