| (a) I'm getting a raw deal; I'm putting into taxes far, far more than I get back in "benefits."
Good. Do you want to be elderly, disabled, cancerous, an injured veteran, jail-bird or a school kid (again)? You don't want those benefits until you need 'em. And you or your family will need 'em. If you're a self-made rich person, or one of your ancestors was, consider how they leveraged the taxes of others to get that way.
The "state of nature" concept as pre-societal (Hobbes, C17) is bogus and as out of date as phlogiston theory. The term was originally coined by Aquinas (C13) and specifically included society and culture until Hobbes removed them almost 500 years later. For humans, society is nature. Aristotle and Aquinas recognized this, and this is in line with current thinking, except apparently among libertarians who seem to believe that "red in tooth and claw" justifies their luck and screw you buddy to anyone less lucky.
But maybe you should get arrested every month just to get your money's worth. Make sure to tell the cops they are parasites.
Good. Do you want to be elderly, disabled, cancerous, an injured veteran, jail-bird or a school kid (again)? You don't want those benefits until you need 'em. And you or your family will need 'em. If you're a self-made rich person, or one of your ancestors was, consider how they leveraged the taxes of others to get that way.
The "state of nature" concept as pre-societal (Hobbes, C17) is bogus and as out of date as phlogiston theory. The term was originally coined by Aquinas (C13) and specifically included society and culture until Hobbes removed them almost 500 years later. For humans, society is nature. Aristotle and Aquinas recognized this, and this is in line with current thinking, except apparently among libertarians who seem to believe that "red in tooth and claw" justifies their luck and screw you buddy to anyone less lucky.
But maybe you should get arrested every month just to get your money's worth. Make sure to tell the cops they are parasites.