• ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For fuck sake…

    • Not free, regulated prices of higher education
    • Not free, national health insurance paid out of every paycheck
    • No “war on drugs”, meaning less drug abuse, thus less homelessness. Also - national insurance that pays the unemployed , thus less homelesness
    • Yes, absolutely, we are sooooo happy right now, for sure /s

    Americans - you’re beeing owned by cooporations , not political parties.

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      For someone who doesn’t pay taxes, like students and the elderly. It definitely is free.

      • protist@mander.xyz
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        1 year ago

        Students and the elderly absolutely pay taxes. There are handful of exemptions they might claim, but not for sales tax, gas tax, even property tax is just a reduced rate for seniors but students have it factored into their rent just like everyone else

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          this is a pointless argument “free” means “free at the point of access”

          Like roads. You would describe being able to walk or drive down a road as “free” even though you did technically pay for them via taxes

          The distinction is completely irrelevant and pedantic

          • protist@mander.xyz
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            1 year ago

            I was responding to the guy above me who said students and the elderly don’t pay taxes