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Which corp is gonna distribute something for free? This is a government’s job.

by m3kw9 5y ago

barbacoa 5y ago
Government doesn't do anything for free it's the tax payer that pay.
- YinLuck- 5y ago
  When was the last time you read anything? Last century? The government funds as much of its spending through printing as it does taxing.
- pjerem 5y ago
  Yeah that’s the point of a government. Oh, and that’s also why they are elected democratically.
artificialLimbs 5y ago
The government never distributes anything for free. They distribute it with money taken forcibly from citizenry. Be careful what you're asking for in begging the government to take care of you. They just may.
- staticassertion 5y ago
  wow huh, never thought of that - just learned about "taxes" being a thing from hacker news, thanks for the insight, no one here ever would have made the massive leap to know that governments are funded through taxation good thing there are two comments about it!!!
  - _jal 5y ago
    A disturbing number of people think they're actually adding value by doing this. Orwell called it 'Duckspeak'.
- gnulinux 5y ago
  > They distribute it with money taken forcibly from citizenry. Yes that's exactly the point. I make $150k a year, live very comfortably and pay almost 30% tax (in USA). If the government stops funding endless wars and starts using my tax money to help people get healthcare and education, we wouldn't have this problem.
  - mrtranscendence 5y ago
    Agreed on all counts. I make just a touch under 150 and I can afford the taxes. I'd happily pay more if that meant offering better healthcare and education options for everyone. Take half the DoD budget, add in medicare and medicaid outlays, and throw on what most of us pay for insurance already, and you're most of the way to paying for a decent health care system. It's criminal that Americans in 2021 could die from diabetes complications due to lack of affordable insulin.
  - srtjstjsj 5y ago
    The wars are why you get $150K/yr instead of someone else.
dnautics 5y ago
Many non-profit corporations distribute things for free?
- pc86 5y ago
  For free, or at cost?
- xtracto 5y ago
  Reminded me of my tourist trip to Las Vegas. At some point we got on a bus to travel from one hotel to other. I asked the driver if that bus was the free one (meaning, if that was the bus in which I didn't have to pay). The driver replied a bit angry that the bus trip was not free, it was complimentary.

Which corp is gonna distribute something for free? This is a government’s job.

by m3kw9 5y ago

Which corp is gonna distribute something for free? This is a government’s job.

barbacoa 5y ago

Government doesn't do anything for free it's the tax payer that pay.

YinLuck- 5y ago
When was the last time you read anything? Last century? The government funds as much of its spending through printing as it does taxing.
pjerem 5y ago
Yeah that’s the point of a government. Oh, and that’s also why they are elected democratically.

artificialLimbs 5y ago

The government never distributes anything for free. They distribute it with money taken forcibly from citizenry. Be careful what you're asking for in begging the government to take care of you. They just may.

staticassertion 5y ago
wow huh, never thought of that - just learned about "taxes" being a thing from hacker news, thanks for the insight, no one here ever would have made the massive leap to know that governments are funded through taxation good thing there are two comments about it!!!
- _jal 5y ago
  A disturbing number of people think they're actually adding value by doing this. Orwell called it 'Duckspeak'.
gnulinux 5y ago
> They distribute it with money taken forcibly from citizenry. Yes that's exactly the point. I make $150k a year, live very comfortably and pay almost 30% tax (in USA). If the government stops funding endless wars and starts using my tax money to help people get healthcare and education, we wouldn't have this problem.
- mrtranscendence 5y ago
  Agreed on all counts. I make just a touch under 150 and I can afford the taxes. I'd happily pay more if that meant offering better healthcare and education options for everyone. Take half the DoD budget, add in medicare and medicaid outlays, and throw on what most of us pay for insurance already, and you're most of the way to paying for a decent health care system. It's criminal that Americans in 2021 could die from diabetes complications due to lack of affordable insulin.
- srtjstjsj 5y ago
  The wars are why you get $150K/yr instead of someone else.

dnautics 5y ago

Many non-profit corporations distribute things for free?

pc86 5y ago
For free, or at cost?
xtracto 5y ago
Reminded me of my tourist trip to Las Vegas. At some point we got on a bus to travel from one hotel to other. I asked the driver if that bus was the free one (meaning, if that was the bus in which I didn't have to pay). The driver replied a bit angry that the bus trip was not free, it was complimentary.