Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoI asked a similar question a while back, but why do my taxes go to things I do not use like schools and such. The majority said you need to pay them. Now tell me why I have to pay for a ballroom?message-squaremessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down121
arrow-up1-14arrow-down1message-squareI asked a similar question a while back, but why do my taxes go to things I do not use like schools and such. The majority said you need to pay them. Now tell me why I have to pay for a ballroom?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squarethisisbutanamelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·6 days agoBecause someone else’s taxes go to things they don’t use but you do. It’s more efficient to pool the money and then distribute it as needed among services and more. If you want the government to shift priorities in funding, that’s what voting and participating in politics is for.
Because someone else’s taxes go to things they don’t use but you do.
It’s more efficient to pool the money and then distribute it as needed among services and more.
If you want the government to shift priorities in funding, that’s what voting and participating in politics is for.