An Unpopular Opinion

Hi, I'm relatively new to Steem.
Have been a lurker for a long time and only just started posting content recently.
One thing i knew to expect on Steem was a large crypro community. What i didn't take into account is that this also means there is a large anarchist community here.

That's right, I fall on almost the complete opposite side of the economic coin.
Now if you've seen my posts before you'll probably know that I'm from Australia.
Australia is an interesting country economically speaking where we tread the fine line between capitalism and socialism.

We get taxxed enough that you can get treated medically for free and have discounted perscriptions, and free public schooling. But not taxxed enough to have enough money put into our hospitals to avoid waiting lists months long or enough money put into our roads to remove the necessity for tolls.

Now growing up in this country means I've been able to see the benefits to both sides. I've seen people with the right idea going from rags to riches, creating jobs, etc etc.
On the other side, me and my family grew up on the bread line so to speak. We were often on the dole (government assisted living) we had to move further and further away from metro areas to be able to afford to have a roof over our heads. But the more isolated we became, the less jobs there were available. It's a vicious cycle.
I remember years seeing my mum cry because she had to choose between being able to keep the lights on or being able to give her children something resembling a christmas. Feeling guilty for never taking us to the dentist, or to get our eyes tested, or putting us (my sister and I) in a good school, having to treat lemonade icypoles like a major treat, feeling guilty for always having to say no to extracurricular activities outside of school like dance lessons or music lessons because they couldn't afford the lessons let alone the instruments/outfits/gear etc needed to support it. The list goes on.

Growing up in this is the reason why i am a socialist. It's all too easy for someone to slip between the cracks and be forgotten and neglected.

I would happily give up 50% of my wage if i knew a family under hard times was able afford asthma or diabetic medication for their child. Happily be taxed if university was subsidised/free. Happily give up a lot of my wage if public transport was free, if the homeless had a means of having a roof over their head, a bed to sleep in and a means of showering and cleaning their clothes.

Lady luck is not always kind, but i believe in living in a world where should your home be set on fire with no insurance, your car in the garage blew up in the fire, your parents died in the fire and inheritance left the house and land to your selfish older sibling who refuses to let you stay with them, your credit be stolen and your workplace make you redundant and you just find out that you have cancer, and any other horrible thing that happens to someone somewhere everyday... That the worst case scenario is you sleep in a share room in a hostel whilst you get medical treatment and get back on your feet.

Now i know that a higher tax rate does not equal a higher quality of life. Hell Finland is one of the top with quality of life but one of the lower with tax but THAT is where government comes into play.

As most believe that church and state should be seperate i also believe state and tax should be seperate.

I wish instead of just voting for who ever runs the country we could instead vote on what our taxes went towards. Federal, state and local. 50% of our tax would go into bare necessities; roads and infrustructure, emergency services and skeleton crew of national defence. The other half we get to vote what proportions of it go where.

This way the decisions on law and legislation would be seperate and unrelated to where our taxes went so that big money corporations in things like oil, coal, pharmacy, guns, banks etc would barely have anymore say in the running of the country than anyone else.

But since these dreams are unlikely to ever occur. The best i can hope for is to be taxxed more so that Lady Luck has little to no say on the safety net of the down trodden.