[vy8vWJlco]

"..., and the pursuit of happiness."

If not having choice is scary (your word), which I would say is a synonym for "undesirable", I cannot be said to have the right to pursue happiness without it (choice).

> "I find it foolish to base a worldview off fear."

The only sense in which I'm basing my worldview "off of" fear is by asserting the right not to live in it. (In that sense, I am also basing my worldview off of starvation - as I am eating breakfast.)

[saraid216]

...is your claim really going to come down to, "Taxes make me unhappy"? Because that's what I'm seeing:

"Taxes are either an incentive or a threat." -> "Taxes are a threat because I did not choose them." -> "Taxes stymie my pursuit of happiness."