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In reply to the discussion: What if the Government told you that for safety's sake, you must purchase a gun? [View all]Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)when your tax dollars are spent for public schools, roads, bridges, ss, fire depts. and police.
Don't be a fool. How much does it cost to produce a textbook? How much do most schools have to pay for that textbook???
Your tax dollars pay the corporations which profit by insuring public school teachers, public employees, and public workers.
Your tax dollars have lined the pockets of Halliburton KBR etc.
Your tax dollars are spent for fuel to power fire-trucks, military vehicles, highway equipment, police vehicles- to heat schools, military buildings, etc.
Your analogy is flawed because we ARE required to purchase things which profit private corporations with NO "choice" in saying who gets the contract, and sometimes without any measurable benefit as to the value of this kind of forced "protection".
I don't begrudge the soldiers their pay or benefits- nor do I have any problem with public employees being paid a fair wage and receiving benefits-
Your argument that you aren't paying taxes which benefit private corporations is ludicrous.
Look again at where our tax dollars end up and ask yourself who is really profiting unfairly. It isn't the school teacher, highway worker, municipal employee, soldier. Contracts with corporations are bleeding us dry.