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title: "It's true that I would feel less resentment if I thought taxes were..."
date: 2023-10-16
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# It's true that I would feel less resentment if I thought taxes were...

*October 16, 2023 — Comment Archer T. Ships replied to Michael Michalchik's comment.*

It's true that I would feel less resentment if I thought taxes were being spent wisely.  Unfortunately, I would say that most taxes are spent on social harms / rentseeking. And even when taxes are spent on social goods, I think that people should have the right to spend on what _they_ think is a social good, not what whomever currently controls the whips of state thinks is a social good.