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CMV: The argument “We pay way too much money for this problem to exist” is a terrible argument and just a way to justify an otherwise unjustifiable argument.

I just finished up at a large university and I would hear this ALL the time. 

“We pay way too much money for the WiFi to not work here/dining hall food to not be better/professors not to be the best of the best”

But the same logic (or lack of logic) is applied to other situations as well, like government or private businesses. 

“I pay too much in taxes, they should have fixed this pothole already”

To me, it feels like people who argue this think they understand these organization’s finances, while they likely don’t. CMV!

(And sorry for the formatting, on mobile and what not)
gpt
There is nothing wrong with that argument in itself. It may be misapplied, though. There is an expectation that an organization makes sure to pay for its basic needs. Say, a restaurant has hygiene as a basic requirement. If it costs a lot to eat there, it is entirely reasonable to say that "I pay too much for the hygiene to be a problem". A modern library, and yes, university, has functioning wifi as a basic need. If it goes out once, no foul, but again and again? Or if it's outdated and can handle too few devices, or it's too slow? Not reasonable.

Outside those basic needs, things get more random. The university may not have all the newspapers, or whatever.

The argument is still basically a sound one.