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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Last I checked, my taxes pay for your kids’ school, so…

I love kids, wish I’d had my own, but it is not “selfless.” That’s just you justifying what you wanted

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

See it as you paying taxes for your school. School needs to exist for a functioning society. Private school leads to wealth gap and badness for everyone. If you wanna live in a nice place, you have to pay taxes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

My taxes pay for your fire department and police services and road you drive on. I never had a house fire once.

You live if a society. Our collective taxes go to these services for a better today and a better tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

my taxes pay for your kids’ school

The kid who one day might be your doctor, or care taker at an elder people's home, or responsible for a lot of civil infrastructure; are you that certain their education doesn't benefit you? Not you mention, you yourself had your education paid by other people's taxes, if you were ever in the public school system, so consider this your way to pay back for that.