Blood, Ink and Paper.

In a society that was built atop a religious ideology that is based on a god that requires blood for the remmission of sins it is only natural that Uncle Sam should require money for the right to exist. The requirement of blood sacrifice from the old days has been replaced with notes of legal tender today, but the concept is the same... The Lord requires 10 percent of your first-fruits for the temple tithe and Uncle Sam takes a quarter of your check for taxes.