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mk  ·  1319 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 14, 2021

    The government wants to provide for poor people and other people. It doesn’t want to make them pay — or old people — they don’t want to pay, but the government doesn’t want to raise taxes and provide their healthcare.

Even voters that don't like taxes don't typically bother the government about military spending. It's never much of a campaign issue although the costs are very high. I believe the problem has to do with a perception of what is valuable, and the political advantage in arguing about it at election time.

That said, I'd pay a subscription for access to clean toilets all around. You could make an AirBnB-like service where businesses with toilets could allow members to use them without having to buy a slice of pizza, etc...