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Originally posted by taxwonk
I don't think there is anything per se wrong with wanting to keep what you have. My objection is the people who pay $20,000 a year to put a kid in private school, but vote against a $250 increase in their property tax bill to pay for building a public school.
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IMHO you don't have to explain this at all. I took it as you criticizing folks who see things only as "me, me, me, mine, mine, mine" taxwise. Hopefully, Sebby is on board with the idea that to be a municipality, state or country that functions well, then everyone has to ante up (in whatever way makes most sense) for not just schools but to rush your drunken ass to the hospital when your liver goes early. Spread out the risk. If someone truly wants to "keep" all of what he/she earned, that someone better move to Lancaster and grow a long beard where you can "opt out" and keep all your wood carved piggies to yourself.** Or you can go the illegal opt-out route and become a Hassidim (own schools/even private docs). Same long beard, but closer to the City and Yiddish is easier than German (plus you get speedy Lubuvitcher ambulance drivers instead of those damn slow horses). Until then, people who bitch about taxes in general are better served coming up with specific ways to make levying them "more fair."
**Of course, an opt out would never work or even a line-item tax bill since most would "opt out" of things like First Aid squad and other shit but then they'd cry foul when left 1/2 dead on the side of the road. It already happens with health care insurance opt-outs who show up in ER and demand free care anyway.
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