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Not only is it not a good argument, the real-world data shows a positive correlation between more generous social benefits and more people entering the workforce.
And some people will be even more willing to pay taxes.
(I admit that i have no data but just a few anecdotes) i noticed that in my country where taxes magically disappear and are used for bullshit stuff (eg, during the covid pandemic they spent a shit ton of money on desks on wheels for schools which almost no school got 'em and were fucking useless) and so everyone hate to pay taxes "what the fuck do they use all those money for??" and so people evade taxes which make our situation worse, while friends in some other countries (I think like Denmark, if I’m not mistaken) don't have any problem to pay 'em
Non-combative point. Could you address that point to the military? Per the original post?
I don't understand the question. Address what point exactly?
The original point is : look at all these good things the government offers to military recruits, to entice them to join.
The same people then decry the government offering those good things to everyone. Then they're bad things, suddenly.
The military requires desperate people feed their recruitment quotas.
So I would then like to ask.
Are the incentives working? How do recruitment numbers look?
It's working less and less, the more stupid wars Republicans keep pushing the country into.