Your political compass

The Batlord · 04-16-2015, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Isbjørn

I don't see the problem.

I'd gladly pay tax money even if I worked for it. It benefits all of us anyway. There's an answer.

If you want to pay money, then donate. Why is it right to take somebody's money against their will? And how do know it's benefiting you? How do you know the money isn't being squandered in a bureaucratic cluster ****? How do you know that even if the money is going towards its intended purpose, that it's accomplishing anything?

Wpnfire · 04-16-2015, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Isbjørn

It benefits all of us anyway.

That is actually the answer to one of the questions. Increasing the quality of life for you and everyone else is what you think the point of humanity is.

Like the batlord just said though, that answer only qualifies in theory as an answer. The real world applications are far more involved.

Xurtio · 04-16-2015, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

If you want to pay money, then donate. Why is it right to take somebody's money against their will? And how do know it's benefiting you? How do you know the money isn't being squandered in a bureaucratic cluster ****? How do you know that even if the money is going towards its intended purpose, that it's accomplishing anything?

Well, we have libraries, roads, science funding, public education, military defense, and welfare programs to show it's benefiting us and we already know some gets squandered, especially with "use it or lose it" policies that funding departments use.

Whether it's "accomplishing anything" is a personal matter. I'm appreciative of roads and libraries and my incomes relies on scientific funding.

Isbjørn · 04-16-2015, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

If you want to pay money, then donate. Why is it right to take somebody's money against their will? And how do know it's benefiting you? How do you know the money isn't being squandered in a bureaucratic cluster ****? How do you know that even if the money is going towards its intended purpose, that it's accomplishing anything?

But if mandatory taxation was abolished, who would fund the public sector? Would people donate voluntarily?

The Batlord · 04-16-2015, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Xurtio

Well, we have libraries, roads, science funding, public education, military defense, and welfare programs to show it's benefiting us and we already know some gets squandered, especially with "use it or lose it" policies that funding departments use.

Whether it's "accomplishing anything" is a personal matter. I'm appreciative of roads and libraries and my incomes relies on scientific funding.

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Originally Posted by Isbjørn

But if mandatory taxation was abolished, who would fund the public sector? Would people donate voluntarily?

Well my first two examples were meant to be taken together. I was referring specifically to welfare.

Isbjørn · 04-16-2015, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

That is actually the answer to one of the questions. Increasing the quality of life for you and everyone else is what you think the point of humanity is.

I don't think there's a "point of humanity". That would mean we were created for a reason, perhaps by intelligent design, which I don't believe in. I just think we should make life suck as little as possible for the masses.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 04-16-2015, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Well my first two examples were meant to be taken together. I was referring specifically to welfare.

so what do you do with a family of people who can't afford to eat?

**Janszoon** · 04-16-2015, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

so what do you do with a family of people who can't afford to eat?

Eat them.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 04-16-2015, 01:35 PM

stop deflecting with humor you arctic-dwelling c*nt

Isbjørn · 04-16-2015, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

so what do you do with a family of people who can't afford to eat?

Jonathan Swift - A Modest Proposal

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~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	stop deflecting with humor you arctic-dwelling c*nt