I tend to agree with Eric regarding public responsibility for caring for people that are unable to care for themselves, even at the risk of a small number of freeloaders. But when someone says 'a nation as rich as ours ...' they really mean that we should all be willing to pay higher taxes to pay for something. Or maybe they imagine so…
I tend to agree with Eric regarding public responsibility for caring for people that are unable to care for themselves, even at the risk of a small number of freeloaders. But when someone says 'a nation as rich as ours ...' they really mean that we should all be willing to pay higher taxes to pay for something. Or maybe they imagine someone else paying the taxes for the collective moral responsibility. And since the government at all levels already spends far more than is collected in taxes, we have a way to go to add new items. As a priority, I think homelessness and mental health services should be a lot higher than a lot of other government spending, so maybe something else could be cut.
I tend to agree with Eric regarding public responsibility for caring for people that are unable to care for themselves, even at the risk of a small number of freeloaders. But when someone says 'a nation as rich as ours ...' they really mean that we should all be willing to pay higher taxes to pay for something. Or maybe they imagine someone else paying the taxes for the collective moral responsibility. And since the government at all levels already spends far more than is collected in taxes, we have a way to go to add new items. As a priority, I think homelessness and mental health services should be a lot higher than a lot of other government spending, so maybe something else could be cut.