[Christian_Capitalist]

Sorry I didn’t see your post sooner. Well, if this issue is seen in the way you’re saying, then ALL government is intrinsically evil because it is funded by theft.

Nope.
When Government requires Taxes to finance those specific activities which are directly mandated by God, then its Taxation is not Theft.

Romans 13: 3, 6-9 --
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:... For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Ergo, the Government is commissioned by God to punish Civil Harms: Adultery (and other breaches of contract), Murder (including foreign invasions and domestic abortions), Theft, False Witness, and Covetousness (abuse and malfeasance short of theft; see differing punishments for these two clases of crime in the Old Testament).

That's it. That's what the Government is supposed to do.

If Government just helps itself to the contents of your pocketbook for any other reason than the Punishment of Civil Harms, which is its "job description" under God -- then it is as much a thief as any other Embezzler, who steals money from his employers for his own purposes he considers "good".

[Lauren BaRecall]

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Your interpretation of scripture does not allow for a Democratic Republic.