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The pursuit of happiness was really suposed to be property. But John Adams was against slavery, and he knew that if it said property, that it would be much harder for future generations to abolish it.

Anyway, one of the fundamental beliefs in the US, had been that I get to keep the frutes of my labor. That taxes should be collected to pay for things to run the country, like military, and employee salaries. But government was not allowed to take my money for the purpose of giving it to others. That's what my rights protect.

Money is effort. I work for it. If the government takes my efforts to pay for your healthcare, your getting a direct benefit from my labor, without me having a say in it. I am forced by law, to work in the service of others.

In the old days, that was called slavery. Some of us are against that.