Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
I actually don't mind subsidizing the car addicts. It's one of those costs of being a member of society. So far, they have been far more effective at convincing my fellow citizens that they deserve to be subsidized. In the future, this may not be the case (see the large rise of unlicensed youth). However, I will always be paying taxes for services I don't use and other things I abhor. Other people don't use/abhor some of the things our tax dollars buy that I find wonderful and would like to expand, like the EPA. It's all good.
Pretty much this.
If people only have to pay taxes for stuff they use, the system would be so bloated and convoluted with bureaucracy nothing would ever be accomplished.