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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
I always find it interesting that while left wingers want more spending on schools and healthcare, when they have more money in their pocket they dont believe in putting their own money there.
I don't support this policy, but clearly the nanny-state mentality comes from a belief that most people are too stupid to care for themselves and the government should do it for them...?
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I love this counter argument. So if the government sends me 300 dollars, because I think it it would be better reinvested in schools or health care, I should write a check back to the government. So my 300 dollar donation to the government is definitely going to make a much as a difference over the potential 1 Billion dollar collective reinvestment (300 x 3,645,257).
I don't think it's a mentality that people are too stupid. I think it's the idea that as a collective that money is better utilized as reinvestment as a whole. It's a collective vs. individual argument. For a majority of people the 300 dollars extra a year is a drop in a bucket. I won't argue that 300 bucks for low income families will really help out for a month or two, but I'd rather see a stronger subsidy for single parents or people on the cusp, rather than getting a small check to help me buy the next iProduct.