Well, last statement a lot of antitax are also antiwar. Ron Paul attracted some people because of his antiwar, anti intervention, and freedom regarding drugs platform.

I think that basic form of libertarian is attractive to many if you don't look too closely at what it actually entails and if you only care about yourself and maybe people you know/family.

I generally think of it as childish selfishness we're expected to grow out of once we learn some basic society facts.

I will say, I have been pretty shocked to watch for president repeatedly blow up his own son’s cocaine supply. He must have switched suppliers

The idea that your taxes "go to pay" for something is where a lot of people miss the mark.

Taxes are a means of wealth redistribution. Nothing more. The government literally prints money. They don't need your money.

Every bomb we drop is a school that didn't get didn't get funding. Not because you were taxed too little or too much. But because the same people that benefit from the wealth redistribution of the tax system also use that wealth redistribution to fund the Imperialism that they benefit from.

At some points in history, fire departments were privatized. It wasn't a great plan. Fire tends to spread.

I get what you're saying but I want to make a point around this. There is a lot of cynical framing around many issues that I feel like it leads to a sense of acceptance. There is ZERO reason social security can't be funded. The idea that this is a thing to worry about is just a narrative setup by those that want to kill it.

Social security fully funds itself through paystubs. It is self sustainable. The issue is with the cap. A cap that has been adjusted to average wages since the 1970s. The last of which was increased to $147k in 2022.

The issue is not with social security. The issue is with average wages declining while the wealth of the country is concentrated with the wealthy (who do not even earn a traditional wage).

The cap just needs adjustment to account for this. Something that has happened before and quite frankly the cap just should not exist.

The "cap" here means that if I make $147k in a year I pay about $10k in social security. If I make $1,000,000 a year I pay the exact same amount of $10k because the tax stops being considered past that amount. It's an inverse progressive tax.

Social security keeps old people from dying in the streets. Anyone with a brain should selfishly want to fund that. I don't want to live in a world where I see even more old people dying in the streets. I don't care if they "made bad life decisions". It's for me. I don't want to walk around and see that.

TLDR: don't let this narrative be a thing. Social security has no reason to not be paid other than a neoliberal narrative that says we can't adjust a social safety net during a time in which it's needed the most. Don't passively accept this framing. Be outraged. Don't be accepting.