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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
That's now how things work man.
If we start doing that then we have to start charging active people for a larger share of bike/running paths.
People who drive more have to pay more for roads.
People on welfare, have to pay more UI.....wait how does that one work
People who have a house fire have to pay to have the FD come put it out
We decide as a society what services we want to have/offer, and we all pay what we pay for taxes, and we use the services as we want/need them. That's how it works, and that's how it should work.
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People who drive more do pay for more roads, the most direct way being through toll roads.
I recall a house fire somewhere in the rural south to which the local fire department would not attend due to that particular area being beyond the county/municipal line and the neighboring area refusing to pay into a regional tax pool (or something like that). Not completely relevant but kind of interesting.
I don't have a problem with user fees in general, particularly for luxuries.