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Like "free" roads then, or "free" police, or "free" non-polluted air.

Please don't post unsubstantive comments here, and especially not ideological boilerplate!

It was a federal grant.

... which is paid for by taxes.

Not if you're one of the many people that don't pay taxes! (retirees, children, the poor, etc..)

Most retirees pay taxes, including on social security.

Most of "the poor," too, unless you pick a particularly narrow definition.