Gays caused the tropical storm nearing New Orleans

[princealbertofb]

To be fair to my thinking, I don't hate taxes... We live in a welfare state (with its inconsistencies and flaws) but on the whole sharing the common good is part of our lives in France. We would be very sorry, for one thing, to lose social security and health care for everyone (ok things are not perfect in that sphere, but we strive for them). We'd also be sorry to have to pay for education privately etc... and taxes are supposed to be levied to pay for common use of all public utilities such as roads, hostpitals, schools, sports facilities, to name but a few. The fact that I'm considered single and that my partner does not have access to those facilities because we are not married is what I find unfair, because I pay quite a lot of taxes like most single people (or considered as such). Unfortunately, as things are at the moment, I cannot change my status to ''married''. In the end, we get to understand that we are paying for all the other people's kids and families, while we get practically no discounts or benefits of any sort that might benefit us as a ''family'' too.
I don't want to pay fewer taxes any more than others do. I just want to have a right to be part of how they are used more integrally.