Voted "true" — but my steelman argument for "false" would be that some services could reasonably be expected to reduce the government's fiscal obligations elsewhere well beyond their upfront cost, and I do find that fairly convincing
Nothing that the government provides is actually 'free'.
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So... some taxes are OK as forced investments to avoid paying higher taxes in the future?
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Eh? The services are sometimes free to recipients. But taxes must be paid by others. I'm not sure I get the framing here.
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No you got it. That's why he put free in quotation marks.
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This isn't a very well-posed question.
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I got kicked out of the line last year for yelling at the people at the counter about this & asking them to debate me
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Nothing is free, all economic value is a product of an individual’s investment of their time/energy
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We cede certain freedoms to get 'free' government services. While most would see these costs as worth it, they're still costs nonetheless
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Government cannot provide anything for "free". In order to exist the government needs to take money from the citizenry - taxes, fees, etc. - thus, anything it provides has cost someone money. Maybe the recipient didn't pay, but someone else did!
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