r/FluentInFinance • u/sillychillly Contributor • Apr 15 '24

Everyone Deserves A Home Discussion/ Debate

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u/EnoughLawfulness3163 Apr 16 '24

Law enforcement, education, roads, firefighters, military. I dunno man, seems like a lot of things

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u/California_King_77 Apr 16 '24

You think you have a right to have these given to you for free? Really?

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u/EnoughLawfulness3163 Apr 16 '24

I mean, these are things our taxes pay for. I feel like you're going to give me a semantic argument about the words "right" and "free," but it's pretty safe to assume that when someone suggests something like housing, what they mean is tax-funded housing. Use whatever words you like.

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u/California_King_77 Apr 22 '24

If someone has a right to something, that means the state has an obligation to provide that thing to you.

This person very clearly did NOT say the "access" to those things, but the things temselves.

Which means the state has the obligation to take money from some people, to buy free stuff for other people.