Where do you pull the line on government spending and why?

the problem with government spending is that it's almost always extremely inefficient

>>128178611
assuming it's efficiency is achieved, where would you pull the line and why? don't mean in a sense of what's good for society, but where is it moral to pull the line?

I would pull the line at funding of roads, firefighters, police. Healthcare and education should just be privatized at this point in the U.S.
If I have cancer but have a shit ton of money, why shouldn't I have the option to seek out the best doctor possible with my money? Why should I be forced to get the same healthcare that the bum living down the street gets? Not all doctors are created, trained, and skilled equally. I should be able to seek out the best that my budget allows me.
Public education in the United States is obviously on a downward fucking slope and doesn't need further explaining as to its failures. It's more than a couple small policy changes away from being an acceptable education for kids. College, again, should not be free. It would immediately be flooded by endless waves of retards and dilute what was supposed to be a piece of paper that separates you from the herd. There is a reason why community colleges in the United States are full of idiots where as everyone in Harvard is there with a purpose.

>>128181995
Ok, but why roads in that case? Isn't it immoral to force someone to pay for a road he will never use, or firefighers he'll never call?

>>128183525
Sorry, I meant after roads, firefighters, police, etc. As in I'm in favor of public funding for those essentials.

>>128183525
These things are used by just about everyone at some point of their life.

>>128183821
as far as i get, you want to fund roads and similar?but i ask, why? why shouldn't i have the option to seek out the best firefighter/cop possible with my money?why should i be forced to get the same firefighters as the bum living down the street gets?
>>128184090
not my point really. you can say everyone will use healthcare or education at some point of their life, but the line is blurry with such things.

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>>128178298
>Where do you pull the line on government spending and why?
The government should spend only on things that "makes the country". Not on free-stuff-for-OPM gibs shit. That line is a little wobbly when take education for instance. Government should in my opinion spend on all basic education, and partly susbidise higher education when and only when said education is in a field that have practical value for the country (and only on students who have already proven that they have the aptitude for that particular education)

>>128184683
Because these are emergency services that don't let you sit down and research where you want to spend your money. I am all for having privatized protection and such as an option for people but basic emergency services should be readily available. Having someone shoot a criminal or put a fire out is also a lot less delicate than something like a life-saving/ending medical procedure.

>>128185352
>the line is a little wobbly
this is honestly my problem. i believe in free basic education, semi-free college, free healthcare, science funding and similar, but any direct redistribution of wealth i am against. however, simply i don't know how to morally say why do i draw the line there. more of a phylosophical question, than a practical one.
>>128186384
i think you're missing my point. if you say "why should i be forced to pay for healthcare", in that case why should anyone be forced to pay for roads and emergency services if they don't want to?or, if you want universal healthcare and education, why shouldn't we also implement <insert random socialist program>?

>>128178298
The government should generally try create a proper environment for competition and not take part in the business itself.

>>128189344
read >>128186897