12-19-2016, 07:29 AM
(12-18-2016, 11:57 PM)darts Wrote:(12-18-2016, 08:46 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Seriously, if there is value for those taxes, then it's fundamentally no different than spending money on a movie or a new car. (Except for the fact that you have no choice about it, of course.) Paying more taxes but getting nothing in return, that would be a whole different thing.
Well except I value a movie or a car that you are assuming I can afford. I will be paying more in taxes to receive the same services.
What I suggested was that I would be willing to pay to get better infrastructure, not the same one. No one wants to throw money away for no benefit, but by the same measure we can't get things for free, either, someone has to pay for them.