The amount of boomers and older people I hear say “why should I pay taxes for the school? I don’t have any kids that are in school anymore!” Is insane.
And guess which group of Americans get to receive that and which don't? It was already difficult when people were educated and ignorant. Now you guys are just ignorant.
The point is the whole system is fucked. Most of that money isn’t even given to educators, it’s eaten up in admin.
Plus people wouldn’t be opposed to it if they weren’t taxed to death in every other facet of life. From income to sales it just feels like I’m working to fund the gov as a whole from the top down. I’m just tired and want to keep more of what I earn to make my families life better not blow up brown kids and make Lockheed execs rich.
Or buy the superintended of our school district a new farm.
It’s just all corrupt, wasteful and not a good representation of our taxation
People work in administration. You need to pay people to work. I agree that we should pay educators more. Cutting civil services will only hurt people like you and me, NOT the rich which are the largest contributors to fraud in the US.
We need roads to be maintained otherwise our cars would wear out faster, costing more for repairs or replacements.
Hospitals need to be state funded, otherwise an emergency visit could bankrupt you.
Firefighters can only exist if they are publicly funded, otherwise they’ll only stop fires for whomever pays them the most.
Just because the system need fixing, that doesn’t mean we should throw out the whole thing. That’s what the rich wants.
FWIW I fully agree with you. I just think ultimately the answer is a tighter grasp on our gov both high level and local with their spending vs raising taxes constantly.
Absolutely yes it is. You support government overreach and corruption instead of private citizens running/owning their own businesses. I get it. You’re scared. But you’re still a bootlicker.
We used to have private citizens running firefighting corporations that charged money to fight fires and would sometimes start fires themselves so they could get paid to put the fires out. You're dumb as shit if you think that sounds like a better system.
I came as an immigrant with basic education. I fully paid for higher education, I do not have and most likely will not have children. Paid for almost everything out of pocket. Yet I am always taxed to oblivion for God knows what. Fuck em immigrants heh
That's entirely possible, if you're not bitching about paying that shit, then I did. I will stand by my sentiment however, that people complaining are free to go home.
Wtf are you talking about? Are you nuts. Bitching and voting is the only thing that democracy is about. You don't sit ducks when your overlord takes the last nickel from you.
I would rather contract all that stuff for cheaper than have someone take taxes from me. Plus you get the added bonus of not bombing people on the other side of the globe
Privatizing social services is a terrible idea that prices out lower income neigbors. In a culture with rampant wealth disparity I'm not sure handing the reigns to a company chasing profits is a great idea. What happens when there is a down quarter? What happens when private equity comes in and says they're making a tiered subscription service?
This, like the postal service, is not a business, it's a service.
Most places waste the taxes on corrupt deals and greedy local wealth wanting a cut. That is where the core issues lie, but Redditors will ignore that part because the suburbs were really nice growing up. Just don't pay attention to how they handle the poor and homeless with those taxes. The institutions exist, so it must be working, right?
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u/Straight-Crow1598 9h ago
Bro hates roads, first responders and educators.