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> For example, you very likely make far beyond what the average person in Germany makes.

In that case, don't they contribute more in taxes than whatever tax-funded services they consume?



Yes, but you are missing the point. It is the issue of riding in at the last minute to benefit from the product of others’ work.

Don’t get me wrong, you’re not the only one that misses this whole issue. It is a gargantuan elephant in the room that very few people seem to be able to even get even when it is pointed out for some reason. It is fundamentally also the very core issue of “communism” and “capitalism” for that matter, albeit in different ways; wanting to exploit the dries of others’ labor.




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