I wonder -- what would be the lifespan of an artist who created an "artist expression" of Mohammed submerged in a jar of urine? Taxes and regulation are just the tools used to enforce, subsidize, or entice compliance with a government fool's perspective.
really not hard to see where the democrat party, DU, Daily Kos, Huffpost, ALL the media is coming from ..
here is 45 reasons for their being;
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm