Not really more like acknowledging it. A society without taxation in some form or another is a utopian pipe dream. Chris Exactly the point I've been making. Human nature is too inconsistent in its wide range of emotional, spiritual and physical existence. Ethical is a matter of perspective.
Principal is like a promise.
Never invoke principal unless you know you can stand by it. Your credibility will suffer for it. This pragmatist bit is a con-game. I'm not going to lie and pretend that I'm a moderate while I'm really not. I would never trust a person who did.