Re:Time for a Guaranteed Basic Income?
by strictnein on Saturday January 23, 2016 @02:58PM
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Nope, I happily pay money for schools, roads, government, police, etc. I vote for almost every tax increase that comes to the ballot. I do understand why people keep trying to make this argument because it's far more effective than the "let's pay people to make art and not do unfun jobs" argument.
You don't feel like paying taxes so that our society can support artists, fine. You might not feel like paying taxes to maintain rural roads (after all, you never drive there) or a public education system (you can pay for your kids' schooling). And that's all fine, but you're already doing all that, just in a relatively clumsy way.
"Taking more money from" you to support my family is something that taxes and society have done from the very start.
This just shifts the bar a bit further. It's a matter of degree and not of kind.