Reply #2: I see that as an issue, but [View All]

any political idea can be taken to an extreme. I just wish that our leaders would use the language of individual rights more.

Money is issued by the government, by the people, inherently an action that can only be taken on a collective level. Therefore, if you agree to print money, and use it, the government has the right to tax.

But when you get right down to it: civil rights, the environment, the separation of church and state, all these issues are important because here you have other people, or the government, potentially intruding on individual rights. I'm talking just the basic natural rights we enjoy as humans. I have the right to walk down my street and not be poisoned by dirty air the same way I have the right to walk down my street and not be punched in the face.