• BeautifulMind ♾️@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’d rather keep my tax money than it go to them

    Ahh, the classic ‘we shouldn’t reward bad behavior’ line that completely ignores that treating tax money like Santa Candy (to be withheld from the bad little boys and girls) just costs everybody more tax dollars when it means foregoing spending on preventive measures that help avoid expensive problems.

    It’s not rewarding teen pregnancy, it’s preventing it

    Also,

    I’d rather keep my tax money

    You don’t get to keep it either way.