From 1984 to 1993, I was director of Catholic Charities for San Juan County, New Mexico. A situation existed which has caused me to do some soul-searching and to reach a conclusion that was not popular.
Financial assistance coming from government, at any level, comes from taxes or from borrowed money.
Taxation, as it is presently applied in the United States, is morally repugnant to me. Taxes are taken by force from my fellow human beings. This is a lie. There are no taxes levied, none, that are optional. They all represent the initiation of force against people.