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Right, but apart from the national defense, hospitals, schools, roads, subways, water, electricity, sanitation, and public order - what has the government ever
by klipt 8y ago
Right, but apart from the national defense, hospitals, schools, roads, subways, water, electricity, sanitation, and public order - what has the government ever done for us?
- csharpminor 8y agoThey gave us the aqueduct?
- coldtea 8y agoOf course they gave us the aqueduct. That goes without saying!
- logfromblammo 8y agoWhat's the correct Latin grammar for "Romans, go home"?
- LifeLiverTransp 8y agoRomani domus!
- logfromblammo 8y ago"Romanes eunt domus?" That's more "people called Romanes, they go the house". You need the imperative and accusative: "Romani ite domum". Now write it 100 times.
- sneak 8y agoThe government didn’t do those things for us. The government used violence to force us to pay for those things, regardless of whether we wanted to or not, among many other things we were also forced to pay for.
- warbaker 8y agoI am glad the government forced us to pay for those things. That's a lot of the job!
- chlvsl 8y agoIts only a job if you contract them voluntarily. What if the government forced us all to buy BigMacs every day under threat of jail time? Some people would certainly be happy that they are being fed “for free” (deducted prepay for two weeks of government bigmacs from each paycheck + convenience fee + online payment fee + tax), but you might not. Further, this is also assuming government finds the most effective solutions at the lowest cost. Usually they just do the latter to meet the absolute bare minimum. There’s no way for government services to be zero cost, so they assign their own overhead. So now we have a Department of Burgers in every state. Everyone has to buy them every day, if you dont you go to prison, you cant see the cost breakdown of the bigmacs and the quality is inferior to private BigMacs. Some people who love bigmacs and would buy them anyways say “I am glad the government forced me to pay for them. Thats a lot of the job!”, and those who would never buy them find negative value from such a proposal. What I’m trying to say is that even if you anecdotally agree, it does not make it right.
- ccffph 8y agoIts only a job if you contract them voluntarily. What if the government forced us all to buy BigMacs every day under threat of jail time? Some people would certainly be happy that they are being fed “for free” (deducted prepay for two weeks of government bigmacs from each paycheck + convenience fee + online payment fee + tax), but you might not. Further, this is also assuming government finds the most effective solutions at the lowest cost. Usually they just do the latter to meet the absolute bare minimum. There’s no way for government services to be zero cost, so they assign their own overhead. So now we have a Department of Burgers in every state. Everyone has to buy them every day, if you dont you go to prison, you cant see the cost breakdown of the bigmacs and the quality is inferior to private BigMacs. Some people who love bigmacs and would buy them anyways say “I am glad the government forced me to pay for them. Thats a lot of the job!”, and those who would never buy them find negative value from such a proposal. What I’m trying to say is that even if you anecdotally agree, it does not make it right.
- avip 8y agoBridges?