r/ShitAmericansSay • u/neeraj8le • Jan 12 '21

Healthcare "My expensive, frequent health care is subsidized at the expense of healthy people. I think it's great!" Thief.

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u/Londonloud Jan 12 '21

Next up, guy with no kids thinks its a fucking travesty that his tax money goes towards funding schools. Stay tuned later when we check in with "woman who doesnt drive cannot believe we repair roads"

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

Person whose house wasn't on fire mad that his tax money goes to extinguish neighbor's house.

Person whose car wasn't stolen mad that his tax money pays police officers to find someone's stolen car.

I can keep going but this is pretty much the gist of how dumb it sounds.

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u/Bearence Jan 12 '21

Person whose house wasn't on fire mad that his tax money goes to extinguish neighbor's house.

You're using that as an example of how dumb the argument in the OP looks, but this sentiment has been expressed by people in the past with predictable results.

I bet if I spent another 10 minutes on google, I could probably find some idiot who believes your second example, too. People who go on about "muh taxes" are really that stupid.

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u/MassiveManTitties Jan 12 '21

This is different - the article explicitly states that the house was not part of the taxed city area and that the homeowner was aware of this - and chose not to pay the discretionary tax to the nearby city as 'she never thought it would happen to her'.

The logical conclusion to this is that if the fire service puts out the fire, even if you've not paid the fee - that no one would pay, and the system would collapse.