Nothing in life is free

Click on the title to see the blog post by MauledAgain that sparked this post.

Nobody likes taxes and in conversations with people around me, I constantly hear complaints about Wisconsin, the state I live in, being among the top states that have the highest overall taxes. And it is true. But what all of those complaining seem to forget is that we get a lot for our taxes here. Our education system is top notch. Our roads are actually pretty decent despite all the construction that is prevelant in any state and despite how hard winters are on the roads. Wisconsin has an unspoken "dry pavement" rule in the winter making our roads far easier to get around on after winter storms than even our neighbor Minnesota. These among other things are the result of us paying a little higher taxes.

I'm not saying that we need to all feel good about paying lots of taxes or even agree with it. But I think we need to remember that we need to pay for what we want. Nothing in life is free.