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Explain to your kid that society needs certain things to function. roads is an easy example that he can see. We all need roads, to get to school, work fun places. Even someone how doesn’t have a car needs roads for the bus that he takes.
Even someone who says I’ll never take busses still needs roads for deliveries to his local store, and of course for emergencies like fire department.
so how should we pay for roads? We can’t just hope everyone will on their own understand this. Many have trouble with this simple concept. so we have the government in charge they collect taxes from everybody and use that money to pay for things that we all need including roads.
S oalthough it feels free to use roads, they do in fact cost money, this is a cost that is paid by all of us
where it gets a little trickier is what “jobs” fall into the governments purview.
Many believe healthcare is such a thing. Just like we all pay taxes to be used for roads that we as a society need, regardless of how much you personally use the road. Same thing for healthcare we all pay taxes to fund healthcare that we as a society need.
now before you get nervous that this would cause taxes to go up by a lot, keep in mind we already pay a ton for healthcare it isn’t “free” I pay 11,000 in premiums my employer (boss) pays the same for me. My taxes could go up by a bit over 20,000 dollars and I’d still end up ahead
hope this helps, Once your kid gets it have him explain it to you.