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Originally Posted by Azure
The idea of taking my tax money to pay for someone else being stupid doesn't jive with me either.
People should learn to be responsible, and if they're not....they pay on their own dime.
If anything, there should be a bigger drive by charities to set up teen pregnancy centers.
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Unfortunately it's the kids who pay the most, and they did nothing to deserve it.
The theory is, if you help someone, they may be able to help themselves later and not make the same mistake, or teach others (or their kids) not to.
However if you don't, you could have a larger problem.
Yeah it sucks having to fix someone else problem, but in not doing so, you could be creating a larger problem. Pretty soon you can add increased homelessness and crime to the list.
I guess you'd say, 'well we don't have to help those people either, it's still their problem'.
Only, eventually, it will become your problem. Whether you did all the right things or not. Eventually you'll be paying somewhere in society. Probably with your taxes, and maybe with your lifestyle, depending on how bad it gets.
Why not pay a little in the beginning instead of a lot later on down the road?
Even if you really don't care about anyone else (which I'm sure you do) a libertarian can at least see the sense in that.