This shit makes me angry. They do it to anyone who doesn't fall in line lockstep with their orthodox, Neo-Christian right authoritarianism.
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People didn't die on the streets in the 1920s. Charity still existed then well before the introduction of the income tax
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Would it be as co-ordinated as the current system? And would people contribute enough to it. And if they did, what wld be the difference?
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Read up on Mutual Aid Societies and tell me those were not organized systems.
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*as* co-ordinated. Could they provide hospital treatment, education, houses? And can they cover everyone?
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Here in the UK in the medieval period that I study, guilds existed & its members helped each other through hard times but picky about it.
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They certainly couldn't provide in the same way welfare, housing & the NHS do even if no-one will accept you.
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You don't understand how the world works if you think taxes are what provide those things for people rather than human kindness
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You think hospitals, schools, housing & welfare benefits are paid for by kindness, not taxes?
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They are paid for by people who willingly take up those jobs and positions to help others. Non-profits are the majority of charity today
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Huh? They're not paid for by charities. They're paid for by taxes.
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You missed what I was saying. The vast majority of aid being given to the needy is done more through nonprofits that taxes/gov't.
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Why do you think so? The NHS costs about 116 billion pounds a year. Education is 85 billion. 74 billion on benefits. Can't find housing.
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Theft is not a justifiable means to those ends.
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Obviously, that's where we differ. Ppl who support taxes think that a society in which no one lacks basic needs does justify taxes.
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