Hi Joel, I'll have to add this, but do you believe the Government always tells you the truth about what they're doing with your money?
No, I don't. And I would never attempt to justify government dishonesty any more than I would try to justify any other kind of fraudulent dishonesty. (In fact, government dishonesty bothers me the most both because they're using my money to lie to people and because I'm not free to do business with the "other government" if I don't like it.)