• TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Or never think it will ever happen to them so if they aren’t ever going to benefit from it, why should they pay for anybody to have it?

    But I’m in this camp, why should I pay taxes if all I see is a dreadful health system, shit public education system, knowing the social security is bankrupt and will not be able to provide me with a decent retirement, and all the money going into bank bailouts and mismanaged public companies.

    If all I see is the gov mismanaging the funds I give them, why am I not allowed to manage them myself?

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      1 year ago

      The main problem here is that they very much did want to benefit from the state, after intentionally not paying.

      If you are totally prepared and have the money to pay for your own services be they school, health care, police, fire, roads etc. then crack on with it. Vast majority of people rely on at least some of those services during their lifetime, they simply are not rich enough to do this.