1169, RE: Taxes pay for things you use.
Posted by Tac on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
> >>How about I pay for the services I use. That seems fair. >>That seems to be how businesses get by. > >Two quick points: > >1) I'd be interested to hear how a fire department would work >in your world.
Fire departments used to be private. You can look up for yourself how that worked, but it wasn't ideal. Local governments got involved and now we have a better system. I'm not aware of a federal fire department, so I don't have a problem with them.
>2) I think your viewpoint neglects the possibility that you >might benefit from services indirectly. For example, it >benefits me that the nearest hospital and my favorite stores >don't burn down. It benefits me that poor people who don't >want to be criminals can get food stamps or whatever instead >of trying to rob me with a hobo knife. (Although where you >draw the line there is obviously dicey.)
I'm sure I do benefit from some services indirectly, but the food stamps hobo knife thievery is pretty weak argument, since ya know, they're out there robbing now with food stamps.
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