? Maybe not. But should I be punished for the misfortune of being born with ability? What justice would there be in that? And how much incentive would I feel to employ my natural born gifts if I am required to bear a disproportionate load? I’d be better served to fein disability, and claim extraordinary needs
You are not punished. You pay more taxes, but you get to keep orders of magnitude more money than poor people get from the government. Between cash and food stamps, welfare recipients average less than $1000/month per family. (The average was $600 in 2001, don’t know about today) How would you like to raise a couple of kids on that income?
You were fortunate because you won the DNA lottery. And also because you were able to survive till adulthood, you were well-fed and you could afford to spend time with computers, instead of spending evenings washing dishes at Denny’s for minimum wage through high school. Then someone must have paid good money to send you to college. It costs upwards of $60,000 to get a bachelor’s degree in a typical private university. Computers may be an exception – formal diploma is not as necessary – but many other high-paying jobs have high up-front costs.
In a pure capitalist society without government, none of it is a given. There would be no healthcare for poor, no government-sponsored public universities like UCSD, no federal student loans, etc.
