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Or, in a more positive framing, our society pays for the negative externalities of our more risk oriented members doing rad shit. I am happy to pay through tax
by hisnameisjimmy 5y ago
Or, in a more positive framing, our society pays for the negative externalities of our more risk oriented members doing rad shit.
I am happy to pay through taxes for things like rescue services or medical bills for people who do things like rock climb or attempt ocean crossings in a solo kayak. Or even just ride a motorcycle without a helmet and look awesome.
The world is better and more interesting with these people in it.
- vladTheInhaler 5y agoI suspect that those riding without helmets might actually be cheaper to treat. If you survive an accident but get your foot degloved, and you need an amputation and a prosthetic and months of physical therapy, and then a hip replacement years later because of your messed up gait, that's a lot of taxpayer money. If you die on impact, treatment is much cheaper.
- meepmorp 5y ago> If you die on impact, treatment is much cheaper. Plus, more organs for everyone else.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoI feel the same way. Our shared opinion, though, might not be the democratically weighted norm. Ideally people could self-select into places with different rules: some with higher taxes and more interesting people, some with the reverse.