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It's to your benefit to have educated people around you.
by pnutjam 4y ago
It's to your benefit to have educated people around you.
- willcipriano 4y agoAll of the ways I benefit, I pay for. From the educated doctor who treats my illness to the educated engineer who designed my car. I don't find that I benefit enough to want to pay twice. Really the degree holders benefit from having me around. I've been a taxpayer since 13, worked full time since 15, consumed essentially only the government services that I was forced to at gunpoint and even then I left school before I was legally allowed to. Why don't you all chip in for my mortgage?
- pnutjam 4y agoHey, good news. We all do chip in for you mortgage via tax deductions. There are a ton of other ways you benefit from an educated and informed society.
- willcipriano 4y ago> We all do chip in for you mortgage via tax deductions. Is that you chipping in or you just taking less of what I have produced? I'm still far and away a net taxpayer. > There are a ton of other ways you benefit from an educated and informed society. Have any examples I don't already pay for?
- pnutjam 4y agoClassic "I got mine" libertarian thinking. You know the old saying, death and taxes. Your taxes are set, you're getting money back. Things you don't pay for, just a small list: 1. better dating pool, for you and your kids (assuming you like brains) - this is not to say each person went to college, but they are influenced by people around them who did. 2. Better job candidates 3. Less narrow minded people, but it sounds like that might be a negative. Things you get without paying for it, or paying a small fraction - clean environment - Neighbors who can have an intellectual conversation - food that won't make you sick - Parks, roads, airports - First responders --- last comment alert --- not wasting anymore time on this