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>I like tennis but I would not force you to subsidize its existence.

While we're at it why not extend that to all forms of user-pay and individual focused system?

* Why dont parents bear the full cost of their children?

* Why do we have publicly funded fire departments?

Etc.

As a society, for better or worse, we've decided we'd rather have a public good available to all than to make certain things only privately available.



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