Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA

On 21 May 2024 19:09:25 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:

On Tue, 21 May 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
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D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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I am okay paying my share of taxes, as long as everyone else is paying their
share too, and I used to think most people are like that.  It's definitely
different from place to place.

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If you think taxes go towards a good thing, why would it change your
position if others pay or don't pay? Your money still does good.

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Because I am human, and humans get resentful when they feel like they are
being treated unfairly.  (Lazarus Long had something to say about this.)

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So you are saying that the only reason you like paying taxes is if all
other people around you are forced to do so as well.

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No, that is not what I am saying.  You are asserting the contrapositive.

Given
(everyone else is paying their share) => (I am okay paying my share)
the contrapositive would be
(I am /not/ okay paying my share) => (everyone else is /not/ paying
their share)
provided I recall my logic correctly.

He appears to be asserting that you are saying:
(all other people around you are forced [to pay taxes)) => (you like
paying taxes)
which is a distortion of what you are saying.

He, OTOH, appears to be working with the proposition
(I only pay taxes because I am forced to do so) => (everyone who pays
taxes is forced to do so)
at least as far as I can tell.

This is not a person who has any significant connection to reality.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"