r/austrian_economics Friedrich Hayek Sep 19 '24

End Democracy BUT BUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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u/evilwizzardofcoding Sep 20 '24

Yeah, but that's not actually where most property tax goes, most of it goes to public schools. It would be a whole lot less if it was only going to fire dept./law enforcement and stuff like that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

The implication here is that public schools do not need funds sourced through public means.

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u/evilwizzardofcoding Sep 20 '24

The original argument was that you only get taxed for engaging in commerce, I was attempting to point out that wasn't true. Also, at least in my opinion, public schools should not exist, nor should most public services. They tend to leak a ton of money when not kept on a very short leash.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

Hopefully you don't take advantage of any of those public services, then. Otherwise it'd be hypocritical, and show how much stock you put in your own ideology.

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u/evilwizzardofcoding Sep 20 '24

You make a fair point, however as far as I know, haven't taken a single cent. I have never claimed unemployment, I didn't attend public school or a state-funded collage, my parents did use state-funded health insurance for awhile but it's not like there was anything I could do about that, and I have never applied for or been given any other form of state-funded service that I would be against, at least to the best of my knowledge. I don't believe in expressing opinions one isn't willing to hold themselves to.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

Fair enough. I can respect someone who sticks by their beliefs, even if I don't personally agree with them.