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National defense is a public good. It is permissible to tax for public goods (nonrivalous, nonexcludable). Welfare ia decidely not a public good. Apples to ora
by hellojesus 3y ago
National defense is a public good. It is permissible to tax for public goods (nonrivalous, nonexcludable).
Welfare ia decidely not a public good. Apples to oranges.
- tenebrisalietum 3y agoNational defense protects the public against external threats. Welfare protects the public againt poverty. Both benefit the public.
- hellojesus 3y agoThe public benefit is not the same. National defense protects everyone equally. Welfare only protects those that receive it. Welfare is not a public good by definition. It is both rivalous and excludable. Governments should not take from some to give to others. They should only ever take from all to give to all.