... its Taxation. I agree with Thoreau in being against slavery and the government who takes away peoples freedom by being unjust. I also disagree about the Mexican American War and the taxation that support the War. But Thoreau's main disagreement is the government who most of the times are unjust. Thoreau strongly opposes ... we must ourselves give the respect we deserve. In Thoreau's mind it wasn't just about not wanting to pay the Massachusetts tax poll because he was against the Mexican war. But because he says "It is for no particular item in the tax-bill that I refuse to pay it. I sim...

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