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Children in poverty should not have to rely your discretionary, strings-attached, judgement-laden charity. They need good public services fully funded by your m
by Jill_the_Pill 8y ago
Children in poverty should not have to rely your discretionary, strings-attached, judgement-laden charity.
They need good public services fully funded by your mandatory, fair, and sufficient taxes.
- MRD85 8y agoI live in a very heavily taxed nation and across the board, we are seeing all our government services degrade more and more. I pay over 50% direct tax and all our services are crying out for funding. The ability to fund these "good public services" is dependent on having a large tax-paying base. Social security and welfare is 36% of our federal budget. Education is only 7%. We have free universal healthcare and that's only 16%. There is a literal culture here of living off support and having large families. You get more funding for larger families. The children tend to follow in the footsteps of their parents. Exponential math is taught in high school, it doesn't take much to see how this ends up. I understand your human argument for these children but I'm concerned with our ability to look after families in 20 years time, or 50 years time.