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Roads roads roads. It's always roads that people bring up when defending socialism. Look up how much our roads cost to maintain and compare it to our entitlemen
by marknutter 10y ago
Roads roads roads. It's always roads that people bring up when defending socialism. Look up how much our roads cost to maintain and compare it to our entitlements spending and you'll get a better understanding of what socialism looks like. There's not a capitalist alive who isn't comfortable paying taxes for roads.
- Neeek 10y agoOk then, what about the health of your consumers (not just medically)? Is the community at large not an asset we all tap in to every day? People have noticed that there is a growing portion of that asset that can't contribute as well as they could. Namely because of difficulties acquiring education, healthcare and financial security.
- marknutter 10y agoThat's where things get very fuzzy. It's easy to link tax dollars to roads because the road is either there, and well maintained, or it is not. In order to make the argument that businesses get more from their dollars by giving it to the government to improve the "health" of the workforce than they would investing it how they see fit, you need to be able to measure it, and that's not an easy thing to do. If it were obvious, like taxes for roads, you'd get little argument from businesses over taxes. The problem is, it's not obvious nor easy to prove.
- Neeek 10y agoAbsolutely, it's hard to prove. Maybe the answer isn't in government, it just seems like a silly thing to leave to the invisible hand of capitalism, seeing as that exact reasoning appears to have brought us here. Why not cultivate your crop, you know?