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Just because you've contributed an infinitesimal amount to a road doesn't necessarily mean you have a right to it, just as how I don't have a right to drive a t
by Tyrek 8y ago
Just because you've contributed an infinitesimal amount to a road doesn't necessarily mean you have a right to it, just as how I don't have a right to drive a tank around because my taxes are funding it. Taxes are not the 1:1 transactional relationship that it's commonly conceptualized as - it's part of the whole social contract, and different groups benefit differently.
- nickthemagicman 8y agoI at least gain some marginal benefit from that tank in the sense that it provides me protection. Subsidizing wealthy peoples parking nets me no marginal benefit.