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I don’t want to pay for someone else’s schooling.

by s1k3 4y ago

goosedragons 4y ago
I don't want to pay for roads to your house. I don't go there so I'm not sure why MY valuable tax dollars were wasted on it.
- cfiggers 4y ago
  Ok, what about a compromise? I'll help pay for the roads that go to your house if you help pay for the roads that go to my house. I know your house is further away from city center than mine, so we'll end up spending more of our pooled resources to get the road to your house finished. But, if we refuse to work together, NEITHER of us get roads. So honestly, this still feels like a good deal for me, even though you're objectively benefitting "more" (in some ways, by some cherry-picked measures) than I am. I'd rather you get more road than me if the alternative is that NEITHER of us get roads. If this works out, maybe we can figure out some way to work together on other things that are too big for either of us to solve as individuals. That's kind of an exciting idea, like maybe we could actually make the world suck a little bit less.
alistairSH 4y ago
So, libertarian anarchy? Everybody fends for themselves? Sounds lovely. /s
Broken_Hippo 4y ago
Ok. So? You benefit from other people's education every day. Are you willing to give those things up? No computers. No internet. No modern medicine. No roads, no electricity. No locks on your house. No modern clothing materials, no modern tents with polyester or nylon. No cars. Heck, at this point you couldn't even buy a horse without benefiting from other people's education. Or maybe you mean impractical degrees? So... no professional art or music. Or maybe you mean degrees that don't make money? Ok. No preschool teachers, no regular teachers either. They get paid poorly, after all. Maybe you just don't want others to be educated, but I don't know how you intend to get along if fewer folks know how to read and good luck teaching your own children everything they need to know. A lot of places use tax money to educate children, after all. That's probably far enough: not wanting to pay for others education is just someone wanting to benefit from said education without contributing to it. Education of others helps you, and there really isn't much you can do about that.

I don’t want to pay for someone else’s schooling.

by s1k3 4y ago

I don’t want to pay for someone else’s schooling.

I don't want to pay for roads to your house. I don't go there so I'm not sure why MY valuable tax dollars were wasted on it.

cfiggers 4y ago
Ok, what about a compromise? I'll help pay for the roads that go to your house if you help pay for the roads that go to my house. I know your house is further away from city center than mine, so we'll end up spending more of our pooled resources to get the road to your house finished. But, if we refuse to work together, NEITHER of us get roads. So honestly, this still feels like a good deal for me, even though you're objectively benefitting "more" (in some ways, by some cherry-picked measures) than I am. I'd rather you get more road than me if the alternative is that NEITHER of us get roads. If this works out, maybe we can figure out some way to work together on other things that are too big for either of us to solve as individuals. That's kind of an exciting idea, like maybe we could actually make the world suck a little bit less.

alistairSH 4y ago

So, libertarian anarchy? Everybody fends for themselves? Sounds lovely. /s

Broken_Hippo 4y ago

Ok. So? You benefit from other people's education every day. Are you willing to give those things up? No computers. No internet. No modern medicine. No roads, no electricity. No locks on your house. No modern clothing materials, no modern tents with polyester or nylon. No cars. Heck, at this point you couldn't even buy a horse without benefiting from other people's education. Or maybe you mean impractical degrees? So... no professional art or music. Or maybe you mean degrees that don't make money? Ok. No preschool teachers, no regular teachers either. They get paid poorly, after all. Maybe you just don't want others to be educated, but I don't know how you intend to get along if fewer folks know how to read and good luck teaching your own children everything they need to know. A lot of places use tax money to educate children, after all. That's probably far enough: not wanting to pay for others education is just someone wanting to benefit from said education without contributing to it. Education of others helps you, and there really isn't much you can do about that.