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by exitb 413 days ago
Taxes aren't magic, you pay some money and receive some services. It's obviously possible to fund meals with tax money, but would he accept a higher tax rate to cover for it?
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I would accept one fewer aircraft carrier to fund school lunches for the foreseeable future.

Also, food cost is effectively artificial. We literally pay farmers not to farm to keep prices viable for market games. Instead of doing that, the government could buy a fraction of athe excess for school systems.

And yes, I'd accept taxes on par with non-trashfire countries if they resulted in the society and services of those countries.