On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 06:32:23PM +0200, eckinator wrote: > 2010/5/31 William Robb <[email protected]>: > > > > I find it galling enough that as a non parent my tax dollars are being spent > > on subsidized day care or school taxes. > > Pondering whether to take a deep breath and shut my trap or let you > have a piece of my mind here...
Well, I'm a non-parent, too, and my takes are being spent on a whole lot of things I don't like. But I view the two examples quoted as a case where there is some long-term benefit to me. Subsidised day care is good - it lets people get back to work (doing jobs that I personally wouldn't want to do myself) without it being bad for their children. I don't see why day care should be a benefit only available to people who work at Google, say. School taxes is an even easier issue. Education is an investment that yields a pretty high return. A kid who successfully completes the journey through scholl (and state college) is less likely to end up breaking into my house and stealing my cameras. I'd rather pay $1 to educate them than $5 to arrest them and stick them in prison. School taxes are justifiable from a purely selfish viewpoint. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
