Steve over at Distance wrote an excellent post titled American Legion Call For End Of Free Speech and Steve Calls for Arming The People. A long title, yes, but chock full of good points. I dread the day when I have to bust a cap in the tax man who comes around to collect my tithe to the Holy American Church. But make no mistake, I will bust a cap in him (it wouldn’t be a her, because women would be back in the kitchen by then). I’m already mega-pissed about the faith-based initiative, and wish there was a way to calculate exactly what percentage of my tax dollars it eats up. Any accountants out there? A “faith-based tax calculator” has seemed like a good idea for a website for a long time, but I’d have no idea how to find out an exact number. If I could figure that number out, I’m more than half-serious when I say I’d refuse to pay that part of my taxes on grounds of it violating my non-religious principles.