“Additionally, families living in apartments with 5 kids get schooling benefits of almost $60,000, yet do not pay in a dime.”
Supposedly they pay indirectly through property taxes but even if that were true, the benefit received far exceeds the payment. The property tax was a good idea when only people who owned property could vote. Frankly, I’d remove voting from anyone who pays no taxes beyond social security and medicare. The notion that you can vote to remove money from your neighbors wallet is repugnent to me as that “money” is representative of having spent part of my life, a major part, in working for it while they are sitting on their cans collecting benefits. There should be an equitable way to ensure the truly disabled or aged are cared for but beyond that there is no free lunch.
I agree with your post entirely. If you have no skin in the game, why should one be able to play?