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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no sympathy for the 500k poster who has three kids in private school.   Anyone making that kind of money can move to a good school district.  Basically what he/she is asking is that we keep their taxes unsustainably low so that the rest of the taxpayers can susidize their choice: preference for private school.  Welfare for the wealthy. [/quote]

Sandy doesn't need or want your sympathy.  sandy told you about the private school not because she needs you to pay for it, but so you could see where she is coming from - paying 200k into a system that delivers a crap product in many areas, including education.  
Many people would feel differently about taxes if they felt the government did a good job with the money they are given.  But they don't.  They are fine at the hard services - road construction, garbage collection, etc.  They suck at other things and I am tired of funding their crappy performance. [/quote]

Honestly, what do you think the govt is bad at that could save lots of $?

The budget deficit is driven by the defense dept/war, the Bush tax cuts, and health care costs.  I have no idea whether our DoD does a "crappy" job on a value basis, but generally I find most people, certainly most non-left-wingers are evaluating them on whether they can accomplish missions (not how much it costs them to do so).

The govt actually does a much better job at controlling health care costs than the private sector-- which is why if you go looking for a doctor for your parents who takes medicare you might have problems finding one.  Plus social security has much lower admin costs than, say, Fidelity.

Is the govt perfect? Of course not.  Are there programs that any one of us would cancel?  Yes-- but chances are each of us would choose different ones to cancel.

Frankly the idea that our budget problems are rooted in waste and/or fraud is wishful thinking from people who want something for nothing.[/quote]

Oh, we are always hoping the problem is waste, fraud, and abuse.

In reality, it's that we the people ask for expensive things.[/quote]

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