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> So if 'government' pays for kids meals, OTHER PEOPLE who may have decided to not even have kids are now partly responsible for your decision to have kids. In
by PuppyTailWags 4y ago
> So if 'government' pays for kids meals, OTHER PEOPLE who may have decided to not even have kids are now partly responsible for your decision to have kids. In what universe is this even remotely ethical OR rational?
My life will directly benefit by the wellbeing of the humans around me. Less children stealing for food means less criminals on my streets and in my neighbourhood. Kids who aren't hungry will act out less and can learn better. Well-educated next generation will pay for me when I'm retired. It's a simple investment in my opinion.
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- denton-scratch 4y ago> In what universe is this even remotely ethical OR rational? I have to pay taxes for the maintenance of the road network. I don't own a car. I have to pay taxes to bail out corrupt bankers, to rescue the economy they crashed. I have no mortgage. I have to pay taxes to subsidize farmers. I am not a farmer. I have to pay taxes for expensive cancer treatments. I don't have cancer. You seem to be arguing that there should be no public provision of anything, that should be private companies, and taxes should be abolished. That's some kind of insane Ayn Rand-style philosophy. It's obvious to me that any kind of public expenditure paid for from taxes is going to annoy someone; and some of the expenditure is either going to benefit me, or will be expenditure that I approve of. You win some, you lose some.