Things that Are Free

Everything that is free in this country: roads, bridges, tunnels, firefighting, national defense, embassies, air traffic control, food safety, libraries, public schools, FEMA, criminal justice and corrections, law enforcement, OSHA, auto safety, disease control, the upkeep of our local, state, and national parks and beaches, animal control, space exploration, and dozens of other items, come from our tax base, which comes, of course, from those who work.
This is why it’s particularly obnoxious when rich libertarians say they object to paying taxes. They benefit from being a part of our society, but don’t feel obligated to pay a nickel for it.

I admit that there is a great deal I don’t understand about the United States at this point, but here’s something that completely eludes me:
At left are some wonderful pieces of advice, though I would guess that at least 99% of the participants in the rally are already coming in with precisely these viewpoints.
A proponent of the wind turbine shown at left writes:
Here’s a conversation that illustrates the impasse in which this country finds itself. In response to the “We hate what Trump is doing to (America), we have:
At the rate we’re going, there won’t be a single law-abiding institution left in the entire federal government by the time 2028 rolls around.
I just saw a question on social media: do you want your tax dollars going to feed someone else’s kids??
I’m not too sure about this. What about all the teachers, scientists, college students, healthcare professionals, retirees, corporate employees, government workers, librarians, park rangers, entertainment professionals, restaurant employees, and airline workers?
I think it’s also fair to say that the Founding Fathers never thought the U.S. electorate would have disintegrated into hundreds of millions of greedy pigs and hateful idiots, that would fully support a criminal conman.
Condemning horrific behavior is better than writing it off as acts of “boys will be boys.”