You also pay for the cost of public parks even if you never use them.
You pay for the cost of government elementary schools even if you homeschool your kids.
etc.
Now, I'm an anarchocapitalist and would love to see all of these costs unbundled, so that we each pay only for what we use.
...but the other 99.9% of folks in our society think that it is reasonable to have one-size-fits-all solutions, where a single basket of goods is created and handed to everyone, regardless of whether they want it or not.
To say "yes, I still want that policy, but I want EXACTLY the bundle of goods that I want forced on everyone, not some other basket of goods" seems like special pleading.
You also pay for the cost of public parks even if you never use them.
You pay for the cost of government elementary schools even if you homeschool your kids.
etc.
Now, I'm an anarchocapitalist and would love to see all of these costs unbundled, so that we each pay only for what we use.
...but the other 99.9% of folks in our society think that it is reasonable to have one-size-fits-all solutions, where a single basket of goods is created and handed to everyone, regardless of whether they want it or not.
To say "yes, I still want that policy, but I want EXACTLY the bundle of goods that I want forced on everyone, not some other basket of goods" seems like special pleading.