Still Passionate and Confused

On the whole, I agree with you -- I consider it my right to tell the government what to do with its money because I hired it to do what I want it to. I don't claim that right on grounds of it being my money, nor have I ever been of the school of thought which wants to let individuals opt out of having their taxes used for X or Y purpose. I am, however, allowed to be pissed off that the government is doing something a whole lot of its employers told it not to, and I'm happily looking forward to firing some of the employees who did it anyway.