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... to pay for public services you're using? Roads, schools, firefighters? Of course, I'm not happy with plenty of other things my taxes pay for (Predator drone
by blacksmith_tb 8y ago
... to pay for public services you're using? Roads, schools, firefighters? Of course, I'm not happy with plenty of other things my taxes pay for (Predator drones, e.g.), but I'd like to think that can be fixed via legislation, eventually.
- conanbatt 8y agoAnd if I'm not using them?
- thfuran 8y agoYou're not using or deriving benefit from the existence of roads, schools, the EPA, or the FDA?
- conanbatt 8y agoMost I don't. And many of them work against me as well.
- thfuran 8y agoUnless you've never been outside, eaten food that was grown or raised outdoors, consumed water, used medicine or medical services, lived in proximity to other people or done business with...well, pretty much any business, I think you're mistaken.
- conanbatt 8y agoThe servitude model: after all, anything and everyhting is provided by the state, so the state owns you! What if you don't live in the country?
- throwaway44562 8y agoAren’t roads paid for by gas tax and schools by property tax?