There are many things morally wrong with taxes. But towards the top of the list is the fact that our wages are often forcibly seized from us and then used towards means we as individuals find abhorrent and unethical.

Whether those means be wars, prosecuting peaceful people for victimless “crimes,” abortions, or animal torture—it would be hard to find a consistent argument that people should have to fund atrocities against other living beings. And yet, that’s where we as Americans often find ourselves.

That’s why the White Coat Waste Project (where I am a Fellow) has made it its sole mission to end taxpayer funding of projects and research that involve animal torture. And that’s a much bigger job than you might think.