I’m Canadian and I agree with OP. if any service I was paying for was gone for a month and I was still billed for it, I’d call the company and demand a refund. Of course, I’d have the ability to threaten to cut ties with the company and get service elsewhere. Unfortunately, that isn’t an easy option with government services.
The government isn’t a corporation separate from the people that you contract with. It is the organization OF the people to look after common interests. Ideally, anyway; it just turns out that, like almost any organization, people looking out for their own interests first get attracted to the positions of power.
Backing out of your financial participation means you should lose out of all of its benefits, like roads, schools, firefighters, and subsidized food/whatever prices. Also legal protection of any kind, so it’s the Purge against you, specifically. Have fun!
Yes, people who refuse to pay taxes shouldn’t get the services, but it should work the other way too, if the government refuses to provide services then people shouldn’t have to pay taxes
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I’m Canadian and I agree with OP. if any service I was paying for was gone for a month and I was still billed for it, I’d call the company and demand a refund. Of course, I’d have the ability to threaten to cut ties with the company and get service elsewhere. Unfortunately, that isn’t an easy option with government services.
MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
The government isn’t a corporation separate from the people that you contract with. It is the organization OF the people to look after common interests. Ideally, anyway; it just turns out that, like almost any organization, people looking out for their own interests first get attracted to the positions of power.
Backing out of your financial participation means you should lose out of all of its benefits, like roads, schools, firefighters, and subsidized food/whatever prices. Also legal protection of any kind, so it’s the Purge against you, specifically. Have fun!
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Yes, people who refuse to pay taxes shouldn’t get the services, but it should work the other way too, if the government refuses to provide services then people shouldn’t have to pay taxes
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
So then assuming were paying, we get those services, right? Right?
MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I love it!