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Funding roads (taxes, user fees etc)
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12-21-2016, 08:24 PM
(12-21-2016, 06:44 PM)SammyOES2 Wrote: Ijmorlan, your idea of paying for something is simplistic and dumb.  

I watched a movie on Netflix today, but my finances didn't change.  Is Netflix free?

I pay a bunch of taxes and a health care charge.  But when I go to the hospital it doesn't change my finances.  Is health care free?

As far as I'm concerned you're a zealot. Making logically poor arguments and being willfully ignorant.

First of all, healthcare is free because if you make no income and don't pay any money to healthcare, you still can go to the hospital for free.  Netflix isn't free, because if you make no income and don't pay Netflix, they won't let you watch movies.

Netflix is not free because you pay for it, and can opt out of it.  Healthcare is free, because we've decided as a society we should give it to everyone, regardless of whether you pay for it, and you cannot opt out of paying for it.

Calling someone a zealot is not conducive to a useful conversation.  You're just going to put them on the defensive and make them more unlikely to listen to your arguments.
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RE: Funding roads (taxes, user fees etc) - by nms - 02-20-2018, 01:53 PM
RE: Funding roads (taxes, user fees etc) - by nms - 02-23-2018, 02:50 PM
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - by danbrotherston - 12-21-2016, 08:24 PM
RE: Urban parks - by danbrotherston - 01-29-2018, 05:24 PM
RE: Urban parks - by ijmorlan - 01-29-2018, 06:24 PM
RE: Urban parks - by creative - 01-29-2018, 06:45 PM
RE: Urban parks - by ijmorlan - 01-29-2018, 09:19 PM
RE: Urban parks - by SammyOES - 01-30-2018, 09:42 AM
RE: Urban parks - by ijmorlan - 01-30-2018, 11:16 AM

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