good choice of examples: purchase a purse that costs as much as a used car or save a daughter (not a son).
I am seriously impressed: you've hit all the proper buttons to evoke the proper emotions in people reading your comment to take your side. How can anyone argue that a purse provides more value than someone's daughter? they can't, and so you've provided no room for any one to disagree with you.
congratulations! you are fluent in propaganda and argument framing!
how about using a different example, since the money would be taken from everyone, not just the rich:
3,433 is about 6 months rent for me. that does provide me a lot of utility.
or its about 8 months rent for someone else. that also provides them a lot of utility.
so why should I pay for them to be sheltered for 8 months instead of sheltering myself for 6? especially considering that the inefficiency of the government bureaucracy means that they will likely only be sheltered for 6 months: the exact same utility as if I had just kept my money for my own rent.
I am seriously impressed: you've hit all the proper buttons to evoke the proper emotions in people reading your comment to take your side. How can anyone argue that a purse provides more value than someone's daughter? they can't, and so you've provided no room for any one to disagree with you.
congratulations! you are fluent in propaganda and argument framing!
how about using a different example, since the money would be taken from everyone, not just the rich:
3,433 is about 6 months rent for me. that does provide me a lot of utility.
or its about 8 months rent for someone else. that also provides them a lot of utility.
so why should I pay for them to be sheltered for 8 months instead of sheltering myself for 6? especially considering that the inefficiency of the government bureaucracy means that they will likely only be sheltered for 6 months: the exact same utility as if I had just kept my money for my own rent.