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joquarky04/23/20252 repliesview on HN

> I would really like my tax money used more efficiently.

This is immature thinking, because, who wouldn't?

The contention comes from differing opinions on what is waste.


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throwaway17373804/24/2025

A lot of people seem to consider anything that doesn’t personally, immediately, and directly benefit them to be a waste of their tax dollars. God forbid you use their property taxes to build schools their adult children don’t go to.

Braxton198004/24/2025

It's a manipulation technique. It implies that the opposition doesn't believe this.