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independentone · M
Who is going to pay for the public roads, libraries, fire and police departments, schools, and many other services?
HumanEarth · 56-60, F
Humans lived millions of years without them, why in the last 200 or so years say we need them
independentone · M
@HumanEarth So have you given up driving and now walk everywhere? Do you hunt or grow all of the food you eat?
Did you cut the trees and make your own house from the lumber you milled yourself?
Did you cut the trees and make your own house from the lumber you milled yourself?
HumanEarth · 56-60, F
So you like being a slave and owned.
independentone · M
@HumanEarth I like the freedom to drive on public roads, the freedom to live where I want, and I don't mind paying for that freedom.
Why do you like being a freeloader?
Why do you like being a freeloader?
Reason10 · 61-69, M
@independentone I agree that taxes pay for the legitimate functions of government. Those things you describe make up 25 percent of the budget. The rest (the bill of which our unborn grandchildren will inherited, at 90 percent income tax rates) is ENTITLEMENTS.