The argument it seems you are trying to make would require that the person who doesn't want to pay road taxes not only never use them him or herself, but also never buy anything that ever traversed them, never do anything that required the road to exist.
Same goes for schools. If you never went to a school, ever, then I'd say sure - you can not pay the tax. But schools are something that are generally required (and I think education as a requirement is acceptable) so you don't much have a choice there. You have to go to school.
But if someone were to never use the roads or anything that ever needed them, or they never went to school, then sure. I'd say let them skip those taxes.
Realistically speaking, though, those aren't possible situations.
However, it's entirely possible for someone to never go to the doctor. I've been twice in the past decade -- once for a physical required before I went to college, and once for my motorcycle accident. Both of those situations I could have paid for out of pocket. (I realize how easily that could have not been the case, trust me. But that's a choice I think people should be able to make.)
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The argument it seems you are trying to make would require that the person who doesn't want to pay road taxes not only never use them him or herself, but also never buy anything that ever traversed them, never do anything that required the road to exist.
Same goes for schools. If you never went to a school, ever, then I'd say sure - you can not pay the tax. But schools are something that are generally required (and I think education as a requirement is acceptable) so you don't much have a choice there. You have to go to school.
But if someone were to never use the roads or anything that ever needed them, or they never went to school, then sure. I'd say let them skip those taxes.
Realistically speaking, though, those aren't possible situations.
However, it's entirely possible for someone to never go to the doctor. I've been twice in the past decade -- once for a physical required before I went to college, and once for my motorcycle accident. Both of those situations I could have paid for out of pocket. (I realize how easily that could have not been the case, trust me. But that's a choice I think people should be able to make.)
So, to me, the situations are very different.