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by the_ancient 3749 days ago
Why do you believe the government should provide Childcare, Healthcare, Eldercare, etc

Where do you draw the line? Why should the government no care for me in my 20's or 30's or 40's

Should I get free food, free shelter, free TV's, Free iPhones?

I do not believe the government should provide anything to anyone. Nor do I believe I should be taxed simply because I am alive.

>Why is the US thinking that way?

A Culture of Rugged Individualism, combines with rightful distrust of the government

Statism has killed more people than any other form of government ever devised by humans. While causing untold suffering.
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hias 3749 days ago
Well it is like that in Germany, and it worked the last few decades. Homeless people get free food and free shelter.

If the government should not provide anything, why should there be a government? You get taxed because the government provides something for you and the provided services need to get paid. I doubt you want to live in total anarchy without police, firemen or a working sewerage for example.

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the_ancient 3749 days ago
>why should there be a government?

Why indeed...

>You get taxed because the government provides something for you and the provided services need to get paid.

To the extent I want or need those services I will be happy to pay for them individually like I do anything else. If the services government provides me are desired than I should be free to choose to pay for them and if I do not then I would not be able to take advantage of said services.

>I doubt you want to live in total anarchy without police, firemen or a working sewerage for example.

My Fire dept is all Volunteer funded by donations from the community, it gets very little to no tax money. I believe taxes may have paid for the fire truck, but that money could have been raised with out taxes.

I have a septic tank, no government sewer service, but even if I did every city near me has private run water and sewer services that are paid for by the people connected to them not by tax dollars

Police is the only service on your list that is actually paid for by tax dollars, that makes up about .000000000000000000000000000001% of my tax bill, if the police want to send me a bill for their service I will be happy to pay it directly and not have the rest of the government burden.

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