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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.

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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.

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I mean, when you consider the US government spends more (almost twice as much) on healthcare per capita than most countries with free healthcare, you’re literally paying more taxes for it AND you have to shell out 50k$ when something bad happens.

Your only argument is “Taxes bad” even when we’re talking about a system that would actually cost less taxes, just because it has a side effect of also helping less fortunate people.

How much more egocentric can you get lmao

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you’re literally paying more taxes for it AND you have to shell out 50k$ when something bad happens

And yet my taxes are significantly lower than if I were in any of the countries with socialized systems.

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