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I was thinking of Christianity as I was responding to a comment that used the word "church". However, besides that, subsidies from general taxation are not the
by graemep 9mo ago
I was thinking of Christianity as I was responding to a comment that used the word "church".
However, besides that, subsidies from general taxation are not the same as payments for a service received (i.e. going back to it being a "subscription service"), whereas something like the German system where the payment is linked to entitlement to services (if other comments here are accurate) can be reasonably characterised as a subscription service.
- lotsofpulp 9mo agoI disagree with the distinction between subsidies and payments. The math is zero sum, either way purchasing power is undesirably and forcibly reduced from one entity and given to another.
- graemep 9mo agoThat is not the distinction I am making here. I even partly agree with you (with some nuances). I am making a distinction between being made to pay through general taxation (e.g. as a pacifist is forced to pay for the military, an extreme libertarian for public services in general) and being made to pay in order to use the service (e.g. like a Netflix subscription). Almost everywhere they exist, subsidies for religion are like the former, not the latter.