Convention tyranny

Am I supposed to feel better about having been forced to pay for the Democratic National Convention because some people made money off it ("DNC valued at $147 million," Daily News, Nov. 15)? Like almost all taxpayers, I didn't make a penny off it. But even if I had made thousands, it wouldn't be worth it. In the words of the great Libertarian Thomas Jefferson, "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."

-- Bradley Bobbs
Van Nuys