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Originally Posted by willravel
You still didn't address my point, seretogis. Would you opt out of police and fire protection and pay slightly less taxes? Would you opt out of paying for streets and sidewalks and stop driving or leaving your home?
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I'm all for paying for such things with user fees. If someone is a recluse who never leaves their home, they will never put gas in their car, never pay gas tax, and therefore never pay for new roads to be built.
As for police / fire protection, it easily could be handled like any other public utility -- if I don't want or need running water, I don't pay my water bill. If I don't want or need electricity, I don't pay my electric bill. Police and fire protection likely would remain socialized for the most part, but on a much smaller scale. Seattle PD would be paid for with taxes from Seattle residents -- as it should be. San Franciscans should not and would not pay for the Seatlte PD.