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45% of California state budget goes to public school education. A middle class family with 4 children and one earning member pays way little and gains more. So

45% of California state budget goes to public school education. A middle class family with 4 children and one earning member pays way little and gains more. Someone making 2.5 million and paying 1.25 million in taxes supports the others with less benefits. This is the first example that came to my mind. What are your thoughts on this?

RockIslandLine 7y ago
"What are your thoughts on this?" We need much higher taxes on millionaires.
- jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  Why? Because they are more productive than non-millionaires?
  - dontblink 7y ago
    What makes you think they are?
    - jelliclesfarm 7y ago
      What makes you think they are not..? I don’t know what to make of this pointless back and forth.. If you think someone who creates products is less productive than say...a supermarket check out employee, I have nothing more to contribute to this back and forth. Have a nice day.
jcranmer 7y ago
I am glad to subsidize those kinds of services that I myself do not personally need. And anyone who has the mentality of "why am I paying the government to provide stuff that doesn't help me?" needs to be taught compassion and empathy. Or given a one-way ticket to the government-free utopias such as Somalia that is clearly their dream come true.
- jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  Have to be taught compassion and empathy? Like in re-education camps? I hear your emotional plea, but I can’t find logic or rationality behind it.
smt88 7y ago
> What are your thoughts on this? Data shows that lowering the cost of education doesn't increase birth rate. Otherwise Germany, which has 100% free education through college, would have a high (and increasing) birth rate. The same is true for every country that has developed economically. Stability/security reduce birth rate. It makes sense, doesn't it? Having a child is a huge emotional, physical, and financial burden, regardless of the cost of education. The government would have to give people an astronomical amount of money to make it feel like people were "getting paid" to have kids, and even then, I still doubt they would. Children take an enormous toll on people's lives and bodies. As an example, the Japanese government is trying to get people to have them, and they just won't.

RockIslandLine 7y ago

"What are your thoughts on this?" We need much higher taxes on millionaires.

jelliclesfarm 7y ago
Why? Because they are more productive than non-millionaires?
- dontblink 7y ago
  What makes you think they are?
  - jelliclesfarm 7y ago
    What makes you think they are not..? I don’t know what to make of this pointless back and forth.. If you think someone who creates products is less productive than say...a supermarket check out employee, I have nothing more to contribute to this back and forth. Have a nice day.

jcranmer 7y ago

I am glad to subsidize those kinds of services that I myself do not personally need. And anyone who has the mentality of "why am I paying the government to provide stuff that doesn't help me?" needs to be taught compassion and empathy. Or given a one-way ticket to the government-free utopias such as Somalia that is clearly their dream come true.

jelliclesfarm 7y ago
Have to be taught compassion and empathy? Like in re-education camps? I hear your emotional plea, but I can’t find logic or rationality behind it.

smt88 7y ago

> What are your thoughts on this? Data shows that lowering the cost of education doesn't increase birth rate. Otherwise Germany, which has 100% free education through college, would have a high (and increasing) birth rate. The same is true for every country that has developed economically. Stability/security reduce birth rate. It makes sense, doesn't it? Having a child is a huge emotional, physical, and financial burden, regardless of the cost of education. The government would have to give people an astronomical amount of money to make it feel like people were "getting paid" to have kids, and even then, I still doubt they would. Children take an enormous toll on people's lives and bodies. As an example, the Japanese government is trying to get people to have them, and they just won't.