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That's just an affluent and advanced economy. None of what you says classifies as free. GNU even says it's stuff is "free as in freedom, not free as in beer." A
by MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago
That's just an affluent and advanced economy. None of what you says classifies as free. GNU even says it's stuff is "free as in freedom, not free as in beer." All of what you said is free as in beer.
- gremlinsinc 6y agoFree education and healthcare isn't "free as in beer" in that you could have a "tax" on education when/if the education pays dividends (i.e. the person becomes a doctor) then they can pay it off, if their income never exceeds say 100k then they never have to pay it off. If we can value one career over another then surely we can pay for those who choose to go into less pay-worthy but still necessary jobs like teachers. As for healthcare single-payer would save lives and money and cut costs across the board, pretty sure that's a win-win for everybody without anything being "free" because you know we all pay for it out of taxes. Free as in Beer would be my tax money going to pay for fancy toys for military and police that I'll never use, or the money that politicians get for siding against the people and for big business.