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Originally Posted by jammies
Yes, well, even if you're the rare paragon that always does the correct and optimally beneficial thing for himself and all those around you, the world is full of people who do all kinds of stupid, dangerous, selfish and short-sighted things, so for them we have government and its necessary taxes, and unfortunately you don't get to opt out.
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Agreed. But as I noted earlier, there is a difference between providing a social safety net and the sort of outright socialism Chill is proposing. I understand our social responsibility to help fund the former. I disagree with any proposal to force everyone to the lowest common denominator via the latter.