Why we pay taxes
by David Atkins
A lot of brave people ran straight into the Boston Marathon explosion site as soon as it happened, even as no one knew if other bombs were set to go off (it tends to be a particularly cruel terrorist tactic to delay other explosions to take out first responders on scene.)
Almost all of them were taxpayer-funded public employees.
Those people are heroes. The people who vilify them as "moochers" and "thugs" should be shunned in polite society.
If my taxes are going to pay these people's salaries and others like them, that's more than worth it. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise without giving them a sharp piece of your mind.
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