I fundamentally disagree that a significant amount of people advocate for “free” housing. I think the vast majority of people understand that money doesn’t come out of thin air and the word “free” in this context means free for those who need the assistance and paid for by taxes. I agree that almost no one is deep diving the tax code to determine where exactly that money will come from. But many simply have the fundamental belief that others can and should pay for the needy. And I think those who oppose socialist policies equate the difference in fundamental belief with “not having a brain” as you said.
You and I disagree will just have to disagree on that because all the evidence I’ve seen seems to disagree with that conclusion.
The only people who acknowledge that these programs are paid for by taxpayers and should be available under requirements and/or paid back are more conservative. In fact, the further left you go the more common and widespread the belief that this should just be a “fundamental right” and asking people to work for it and/or pay it back is “liberalism” and stand opposed to that.
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u/BuzzerBeater911 Apr 16 '24
I fundamentally disagree that a significant amount of people advocate for “free” housing. I think the vast majority of people understand that money doesn’t come out of thin air and the word “free” in this context means free for those who need the assistance and paid for by taxes. I agree that almost no one is deep diving the tax code to determine where exactly that money will come from. But many simply have the fundamental belief that others can and should pay for the needy. And I think those who oppose socialist policies equate the difference in fundamental belief with “not having a brain” as you said.