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>It's a moral/ethical stance, I guess - tax funds social infrastructure and I think we need more of that.

Then donate that "optimized" tax money to a charity where it does more good than being pumped in some governmental megaproject that burns most of its funding just on overhead.




What makes you believe that charities spend money more effectively than governments? I would expect the opposite; the government at least has the press and voters trying to hold them to account, whereas charities have very little oversight.


> Then donate that "optimized" tax money to a charity where it does more good

Took the words out of my mouth, exactly my thinking


It's a nice idea but I'm not sure it would make much difference either way (although I do give money to charity anyway.)




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