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My TV was free, I stole it from the neighbors while they were on vacation. Their fault for leaving their door unlocked.
"Hey, that's immoral!"  "Oh I'm sry, you're right, I'll leave it on their doorstep next time they go out"

My education is free.  The government stole/taxed other people to pay for it.
"That sounds moral to me"  "When the govt steals or takes things from other people, it's ok" 

"Oh wait, I'm being a hypocrite, stealing is wrong no matter how it's done"

BUT the counteragruement

The COVID shot is free, the government stole/taxed other people to pay for it.
The question is does the cost to society as a whole, health care bills long-term, loss of lifetime taxes from people dying of COVID, exceed the cost of providing the vaccine?

School K-12 is free.  If it wasn't free, how many people would just turn into criminals, not have skills to work even basic jobs because they were born poor, and the loss of government tax revenue over a lifetime exceeds the cost of providing free education?

According to Statista the 2019/20 Pell Grant expenditure was $27.8 billion which the NCES says covers 34% of college students.

To give the Pell Grants to every student would require around $66 billion extra dollars per year which would make college free or drastically reduce the cost for many students.  The question is if spending $66 billion would be less than the cost to society in terms of $'s of not spending the money?

In the end, the country needs to be strong while at the same time people need to have basic human rights such as I believe not to be taxed more than 50% of your income no matter how rich you are because taxing the rich people/businesses to the extreme risks killing the goose that is laying the golden egg.

So there is a balance between taxes, society, and human rights. 

Well, there are some thoughts for you guys.