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We already contribute to society more than most. I am seriously tired of being seen as nothing more than a bag of blood for society to suck on and then come an

• ceejayoz 9y ago
  We contribute more in tax on a raw-numbers level because we've historically benefited more on a raw-numbers level too. We pay the same health insurance rates as everyone else. If you consider that an insult and a waste, I'm not sure how to constructively discuss this with you.
  • wyager 9y ago
    When you say "we've historically benefitted", what do you mean? Surely you can't be referring to me, because I wasn't around "historically". > We pay the same health insurance rates as everyone else. Did you miss everything I said? If it's a flat rate, it's not insurance. It's a mandatory subsidy pool. And yes, it is an insult and a waste; certain groups are systematically forced to give up the results of their labor for the benefit of other groups. Besides obviously subverting useful market-based societal optimization mechanisms, it's also very similar to certain social institutions we sought to eliminate a while back...