First, it sounds like if I don’t want to pay for something that the social democracy in its infinite wisdom says I should, I’ll be forced to pay for it. That seems morally objectionable to me, maybe the ends justify the means?
Second, I’ve never understood the framing of “taking money from others” when they are freely giving it away in the US. People happily empty their pockets of their own volition.
mark tyler /
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2023-07-06 01:24:43
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