You are being told to be scared. More for "them" doesn't mean less for you.

I'd be all for a double-tax plan. Under one you'd be taxed at a very low rate, and those funds go towards universally useful programs (the military, roads, CDC, etc). Under the other, if you opt into it, you're taxed much more heavily, but you then have access to government funds to help pay for schooling, insurance (public option or private alternative). This way the people who want more expansive benefits can pay into such a system and benefit from it, while those who want to be left alone can be left out. I feel it would be really effective.

Wrong. Because those who don’t want to “pay in”
Still benefit from it.

How? If you were required to submit your taxes to the relevant agency in order to claim the benefits.

You couldn't claim healthcare assistance/a government plan unless you paid into it last year. You couldn't claim education assistance unless you (or more likely, your parents) paid into it last year.

This isn't entirely true. With the anthropocene mass extinction well underway, the human race will be experiencing real scarcity in a few decades.

FINGERS CROSSED!!!! TEE HEE

yay I look forward to this

so true tho