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Originally Posted by Wagner
I don't mind paying taxes for things that I see results from:
Fire/Police/Schools/Roads/Defense/etc.
It's the simple throwing away of dollars by the government for the "good of the masses in their eyes" that I have a problem with.
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Those are things that are for the "good of the masses".
Whether you are paying for some child living in poverty to attend school, or be protected from a fire is no different in concept than paying for that child to see a doctor when sick or be given food to eat. All of those things are welfare of some sort. Most would actually say the second two items are of more importance than the first two.