• protist@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Students and the elderly absolutely pay taxes. There are handful of exemptions they might claim, but not for sales tax, gas tax, even property tax is just a reduced rate for seniors but students have it factored into their rent just like everyone else

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      1 year ago

      this is a pointless argument “free” means “free at the point of access”

      Like roads. You would describe being able to walk or drive down a road as “free” even though you did technically pay for them via taxes

      The distinction is completely irrelevant and pedantic

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        1 year ago

        I was responding to the guy above me who said students and the elderly don’t pay taxes