This is a very difficult topic for me as my life has been permanently altered because of a vaccine. I totally agree the money the government uses in any way is stolen from taxpayers.
The fact that the money is stolen isn't really my point though. My point is that because the money is stolen, the incentives are broken and how it's used can't be relied upon as credible vindication of anything.
I appreciate that it's a difficult topic, and I hope you can take this as constructive criticism. Lower quality arguments on either side distract from the best arguments and decrease the odds that the discussion will be productive. None of us have time to fully evaluate everything said by every person we encounter, so we evaluate credibility based on a small sample or first impression, and then prioritize who we listen to most based on that credibility.
This is a very difficult topic for me as my life has been permanently altered because of a vaccine. I totally agree the money the government uses in any way is stolen from taxpayers.
The fact that the money is stolen isn't really my point though. My point is that because the money is stolen, the incentives are broken and how it's used can't be relied upon as credible vindication of anything.
I appreciate that it's a difficult topic, and I hope you can take this as constructive criticism. Lower quality arguments on either side distract from the best arguments and decrease the odds that the discussion will be productive. None of us have time to fully evaluate everything said by every person we encounter, so we evaluate credibility based on a small sample or first impression, and then prioritize who we listen to most based on that credibility.