I'm sure if we just cut taxes a little more, our modern-day robber barons will choose to use their money to fix things on their own instead of building doomsday bunkers and buying superyachts.

it will start to trickle down any moment now!

That trickling down? It's them pissing all over us.

It is trickling down, always has been! The emperor IS wearing beautiful clothes, also!

Do you understand what ideal means? Would you rather have the government do something then people do it?

The idea used to be that they were the same.

In practice, the government only represents the most sociopathic people.

Every day that passes this seems to become more true. I don't believe this must be true. I don't believe it was always true.. but gosh have we taken some turns..

The government is about forcing people to do things they dont want to. If something isnt against peoples wishes, you dont need the government to do it.

But people are not voluntarily philanthropists.

There's a reason we had to introduce work regulations so you don't have children working 13 hours shifts in coal mines.

It's way better if my children study by themselves, but if left to their own devises they'll just watch cartoons all day.

(Not advocating for belting kids, just saying there's a gap between utopia and reality)

> There's a reason we had to introduce work regulations so you don't have children working 13 hours shifts in coal mines.

Coincidentally, the regulations appeared when it was no longer profitable to employ children. If you don't believe that, just imagine what jobs kids could do in your workplace. I can't think of any.

Coal mining today is done with industrial machines.

The laws slightly pre-date todays offices.

People who are voluntary philanthropists tend not to amass fortunes.

But philanthropy does exist. The question is if that is better than tax funding.

It is interesting how reactionary people are to the topic.