According to libertarians, the government is justified in taxing its citizens only if those taxes are used for

A. improving the social conditions of others.
B. promoting trade and private business.
C. protecting individual rights.
D. supporting education and health care.


Answer: C

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Wesley states that the Calvinist ideas of irresistible grace and infallible perseverance(i.e., eternal security) "are the natural consequence" of the most important of the five "points" of the Synod of Dort -

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