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Re:Taxing Mechanical Engineers and Subsidizing Drama Majors by falcolas on Monday September 19, 2022 @12:15PM (#32900319)
That's part of being a member of a society. Your tax dollars also pay for roads you may never use, corn you may never eat, healthcare you may never use, schools you never attended, and so forth. The benefit is that you also gain things from being in the society, like roads you do use. Food you do eat. A healthcare net which will catch you if you're permanently disabled. Schools you did attend.
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Re:Taxing Mechanical Engineers and Subsidizing Drama Majors by s1artibartfast on Monday September 19, 2022 @12:30PM (#32900533)
Being part of a society does not mean socializing the cost of every person's mistakes and desires.

Society is just a tool to offer anywhere from 0 to Total wealth transfers. You are just saying that the society you want has more transfers and claiming it to be the only definition of the concept

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Re:Taxing Mechanical Engineers and Subsidizing Drama Majors by falcolas on Monday September 19, 2022 @12:47PM (#32900742)
By being a part of US society (i.e. being a citizen), you're automatically expected to contribute monetarily to the well being of the citizens of the US (and your state/country/city) as a whole, whether you agree with it or not. It's why you have access to things like safe drinking water. Regulated quality food. Cars that don't explode as a standard. And so forth.

And it's the same for every country in this world.

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Re:Taxing Mechanical Engineers and Subsidizing Drama Majors by s1artibartfast on Monday September 19, 2022 @01:25PM (#32901241)
Yes, but not every need and desire is socially supported. Obviously this is subjective and not a given, as it has never been done before in the US.
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Re:Taxing Mechanical Engineers and Subsidizing Drama Majors by wonderwonder on Monday September 19, 2022 @12:20PM (#32900397)
There is no comparing the building of roads to the subsidizing of education for humanity and drama majors. They are not even in the same realm of usefulness to society.
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