“Astronomically”.
This is like making fun of a fireman using a bucket of water that’s twice as large as your bucket to put out a house fire.
They pay twice as much in taxes. Vs the ludicrous cost of most basic citizen necessities in the United States .
Pay twice as much in taxes, you get affordable/basically free healthcare and adorable/basically free higher education(medical school is 2k a year in France). Affordable, reliable long-distance transportation/physical transportation infrastructure, a living and functional social security, but sure. Careful of those taxes you could pay that would cover all basic human necessities plus all major financial concerns until you croak.
As an example, instead of paying $3,000 in taxes per year, you could pay $6,000 in taxes per year, and you would be free to pursue any education you liked, including medical school, for $1000-$2000 per year instead of paying 30k per year just to learn core classes. Good thing you saved that 3k during tax season.
I’d certainly rather have lower taxes and only pay for services I actually fucking want.
You don’t want health care, social security or education?
You think that right now your taxes are only paying for things you want?
You’d rather pay $33000 for an emergency appendectomy you had no preparation for than $4000?
You don’t want health care, social security or education?
Not to the extent that I would be paying in taxes under a socialized system, no.
You think that right now your taxes are only paying for things you want?
Lack of perfection is not an excuse for not pursuing improvement.
Sounds a lot like “it’s not my problem until it actually affects me personally”.
I don’t know why people want to avoid paying as little taxes as possible when it basically improves the infrastructures/services in their own communities.
Sounds a lot like “it’s not my problem until it actually affects me personally”.
That is, fundamentally, the definition of “my problem”. If I’m not effected, it isn’t my problem, simply by nature of not effecting me. Not exactly sure what point you’re trying to make with it.
I don’t know why people want to avoid paying as little taxes as possible when it basically improves the infrastructures/services in their own communities
Because I have little interest in community services and infrastructure.
