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The problem is people are forced, basically at risk of imprisonment/fines/jail/seizure of their property, if they don't pay their taxes. The problem is the taxe
by anonymous5133 8y ago
The problem is people are forced, basically at risk of imprisonment/fines/jail/seizure of their property, if they don't pay their taxes. The problem is the taxes are inflated to outrageous levels to pay for these type of stuff which isn't even benefiting the local taxpayer.
It is the same reason BBC restricts their content to UK only (for online services).
- pkaye 8y agoBefore we worry about that, lets stop all the tax concessions and handouts given to corporations which hardly benefit the public at large.
- metabagel 8y agoI think you are vastly overestimating how much in the way of taxpayer dollars were spent on these sorts of programs, particularly in the case of private universities, such as Harvard. This reminds me of foreign aid, which the public perceives as being a large part of the U.S. federal budget, when it's less than 1%.