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Look, I pay property taxes, which pays for local schools, and I don't have kids.
Everyone pays to help society, except in some cases for those who need the help.
We have public roads, public schools, public works, public utilities, public land, police departments, fire departments, etc., all of which could be put aside by people who say, "I don't have fires at my house" or "I protect myself" or "I don't need free roads. I'd be happy to pay."
"I've got mine, and you can't have it, so get your own" is not a good attitude for any society. It will eventually break that society down.
And the "I've got mine" crowd seems not to think, sometimes, about the fact that they need society in order to "get mine". Who buys Microsoft products, for example? Just rich folks? No.
In order for Microsoft to CONTINUE to make lots of money, the people in the society they serve need to have JOBS and make MONEY to buy Microsoft products with. If the people are bankrupt from medical bills, they will not have money to buy anything, and this is bad for the "I've got mine" people.
But some of them, as you can see, would rather cut off their nose to spite their face.
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In my case, if there are known expenses in the coming year, it would have been better to choose the regular plan.
As it was, my wife was able to get insurance through her company cheaper, so we went with that.
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As Benjamin Franklin put it, "All the property that is necessary to a Man, for the Conservation of the Individual and the Propagation of the Species, is his natural Right, which none can justly deprive him of: But all Property superfluous to such purposes is the Property of the Publick, who, by their Laws, have created it, and who may therefore by other laws dispose of it, whenever the Welfare of the Publick shall demand such Disposition. He that does not like civil Society on these Terms, let him retire and live among Savages. He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it." -- Benjamin Franklin, writing from Passy as he worked to negotiate the nature of the relationship between France, England and the USA after the Revolutionary War.
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Labor costs have some to do with the moves but they are not the end all be all.
Stupid juice? Really? How old are you?
Social Security? We've had social security taxes in this country for 70 years. That shouldn't be any deal breaker. It certainly isn't for the guys I know that have 100+ man companies making things like aerospace parts, store fixtures and corrugated cardboard machines right here in the USA.
If you think that American companies have to move their manufacturing to China to make ends meet, you are a dumbass and it's dumbasses that choose to buy low quality imported products for cheap that allow that business model work.
That's pretty awesome
When I use the word bunch in this statement It means MILLIONS OF AMERCANS!
Bunch= MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS = human beings
If so, who sets the bar? The current progressive tax structure already enforces redistribution to some degree. What defines "conservation of the individual and the propagation of the species"? As a "property owner" with 1.2 acres, do I possess more than what's required?
What is the individual's net benefit to employing Franklin's philosophy? Stripping the wealthy of their property does not necessarily improve the position of the common man. However, restricting earning potentials will adversely affect society.
Examples do exist where individuals have been outrageously compensated, and corruption seeps its way through various public and private agencies. However, if these problems were corrected, it would result in only nominal improvements to the average person.
Also, let's be cautious in what we put in the hands of the "publick". That same group would have the likes of you & me (motorcyclists) banished without a second thought...
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