#FreeOrPaid: Have you ever stopped to think about things you pay for that, deep down, you feel should be free? 🤔 Imagine this – you’re walking down the street and suddenly you hit a paywall just to breathe clean air! Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, that’s the kind of absurdity this question is all about.
We live in a world where we constantly shell out cash for things we feel should be basic rights. From healthcare to education to even something as little as paying for WiFi at a coffee shop, it makes you wonder – where do we draw the line? 🤷♂️
So, what’s something you pay for that you believe should be free? 💸 Share your thoughts and let’s spark a conversation about breaking down these unnecessary paywalls in our society. Bonus points if you have a funny or interesting story to go along with it! 🌟
Ready to join the conversation? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below! Let’s challenge the status quo together. 💪 #BreakThePaywall #FreeTheEssentials 🚫💸
Public toilets.
Internet, basic internet should be free, hell make it dial up if you want to, but poor people should be allowed to have the same opportunities as everyone else, and without internet access that is not a possibility these days.
water, for sure. it’s wild that something so essential can come with a price tag. you’d think access to clean drinking water would be a basic right, but instead, we’re out here buying fancy bottled versions or paying through the nose for utilities. makes you wonder about priorities, doesn’t it? definitely one of those things that should be freely available to everyone.
Children shouldn’t have to pay for school lunches OR bus transportation.
I’ll GLADLY pay more in taxes so they don’t have too. No child should be without means to educate themselves or without food.
Glasses. Like, to see. Therapy/mental health services. Medication for illness (i.e. insulin
healthcare, and i suspect that will be a common comment for this. housiing while it’s forbidden to just go live in the wolds or a cave or whatever. it becomes an enforced thing and rents just go up and up and up whether you can pay or not. it’s wrong.
life saving medical care obviously
Internet
Insulin, literally will lose my wife without it. So many people depend on it and it is cheap to make but sold at something like an 8,000% mark up.
Tampons and sanitary items. Not only are they taxed as luxury items, homeless and severely disadvantaged women just can’t afford them.
Existing.
My most radical opinion is that utilities should be publicly funded. It’s grotesque to charge for the necessities of life. Children shouldn’t have to go without water, power, or heat because their parents can’t afford to pay for them.
Teachers should not have to pay for school supplies out of pocket! This is absurd!
So I’d say that dental and vision should be covered with medical insurance. The fact that they are split is crazy to me.
Air for car tires
Paying bills online should be free
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There’s two broad categories:
1. Things which are more efficient if they are provided for free. For instance, making TB treatment free ensures that everyone is exposed to TB less frequently. Funding public toilets with taxes ensures that there’s less shit in the street for everyone. There’s legitimate debate here about whether the collective cost is worth the collective benefit in any specific instance, of course.
2. Things which an ethical society could not bear that members go without. For instance, medical care for an infant. Most peoples’ ethics would not permit an infant to die of a treatable disease, simply because they had the misfortune to be born to impoverished parents. People, having different ethics, will naturally differ on exactly what should and should not be included.
Education. Sanitary napkin.
Toilet paper, tooth paste, deodorant and body soap also condoms. And for the woman the things they need for their monthly. I think we can all agree on this
Parking at a hospital
Healthcare…. a hospital stay basically killed all of my savings.
Parking at my job.
Nikola Tesla wanted electricity to be free.
Using my debit card at the mini mart.
As a guy. I think all sanitary products should be free for women
Feminine hygiene products should be free