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This is the thing that gets me. We collectively invest in a large number of things that may not directly benefit us. My tax dollars fund programs that primaril
by haswell 4y ago
This is the thing that gets me.
We collectively invest in a large number of things that may not directly benefit us. My tax dollars fund programs that primarily benefit people that need the money due to choices I personally never would have made.
But that’s the point of a social system.
The moment that collective investment is about education or healthcare, people seem to apply an entirely different ruleset.
- sigzero 4y agoThat isn't what this is though is it? This is people voluntarily taking loans to fund their education and now getting that paid off with other peoples money. With that logic, when are they paying my mortgage or credit card bills off which are also voluntary debt? I an all for investing in education. This is not that.
- qbasic_forever 4y agoIf we want to argue about tax dollars being stolen then the massive bank bailouts and decade of QE by the fed are massively, _massively_ more of a problem and cost. Stop bailing out bad business decisions with my money and then we can talk about not spending it on stuff like paying off education loans.
- WalterBright 4y agoHalf a trillion dollars is not insignificant.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoIf you look back up, nobody said it was.
- WalterBright 4y agoYeah, the parent did. It's in the same order of magnitude.
- themacguffinman 4y ago"need" would be the key word here, do college graduates need the money? If a program is regressive, it means it's transferring money from people who need the money to people who either don't need the money or need it less. That doesn't exactly benefit people who need the money either.
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