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Old 04-08-2009, 08:13 AM   #147
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Which, with the greatest respect, astra, merely goes to emphasise the point that it's the system you grow up with that seems "right". I'm sure that the American system has its merits, but I don't want to have to worry about how I'm going to afford to pay $30,000 a year to send a child to college, or whether or not I'm going to be able to buy the medicines I need when I grow old. I'd rather have the "comfort" of knowing that such things are funded by my taxes.

Neither system is perfect, but personally (and I'm sure that many people would not agree) I'm pretty happy with things the way that we have them.

Couldn't agree more, Harry. I pay my taxes so that others less fortunate or less able get a fair shake of the stick. I wouldn't want to live in a world where the elderly are denied medicine, children go without food and education, not when I can bloody well do something about it.

EDIT: also I pay my taxes because I have to, it's the law. But my taxes pay for all kinds of good things in my community, not just helping those less fortunate, but everyone.

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