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I doubt you have an accurate picture of how much of your money you are 'required' to give to the poor.
by justforyou 7y ago
I doubt you have an accurate picture of how much of your money you are 'required' to give to the poor.
- Consultant32452 7y agoI know exactly how much goes into Medicare and Medicaid. The idea that I shouldn't have a say in how my money is spent or what strings are attached is morally bankrupt. If I owe you insulin just because you're morbidly obese in my country then you owe me to never drink soda. It's not that complicated.
- etripe 7y agoHow is that so many American libertarians fail to get the concept that you pay taxes because you benefit directly in terms of infrastructure and public services? And why do you often focus much more on social welfare "mooching", which is a miniscule amount compared to the amounts paid into corporate and military-industrial welfare? I'm left wondering: if it ends at insulin, where does solidarity begin for you?
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- Consultant32452 7y agoThe state threatens to throw you in a cage if you don't give it your money. You give the state your money. The state then gives medicine to one person and drops a bomb on another person. Where in this story were you showing solidarity?
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- justforyou 7y agoMany libertarians are generally obsessed with rejecting humanitarian principles and facilitating the suffering of others as an expression of freedom. I say this as someone with libertarian ideals who does not identify with the majority of self professed libertarians.
- justforyou 7y agoThe state is morally bankrupt, but an individual complaining about an insignificant fraction (compared to the amount spent on bombs) of money used to help a sick person is not?
- Consultant32452 7y agoI only stated my help comes with strings attached. I'm happy to pitch in for your insulin, but not if you're still drinking soda. I'm happy to be on the organ donor list. But if you're still drinking, you don't get my liver. That's an entirely different discussion from whether or not violent coercion can ever be a moral good, whether or not power is fungible, etc. If the state threatens to throw you in a cage if you don't buy my insulin, and then you buy my insulin, it doesn't make you a good person.