No it isn't. The government isn't entitled to jack shit. They can demand whatever they want, and they may be able to take it through force, or threat of force
Your claim here appears to be that the government has only power, not authority (i.e. power + some sort of legitimacy or moral right to use that power). Is that your position? If so, under what, if any conditions do you believe the use of power against other people is legitimate?
If so, under what, if any conditions do you believe the use of power against other people is legitimate?
Self defense. I hold basically the same position as Bastiat, in thinking that government can only legitimately be considered the "collective extension to our individual right to self defense".
Your claim here appears to be that the government has only power, not authority (i.e. power + some sort of legitimacy or moral right to use that power). Is that your position? If so, under what, if any conditions do you believe the use of power against other people is legitimate?