I’d like my taxes to help people in need. Unfortunately my taxes go towards skeletonizing brown children.
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And abducting local brown people and unmarked vans.
I don’t even mind if my taxes go to people that don’t contribute back and just watch tv and drink beer all day if that keeps them off the street. I’d rather they don’t contribute than anti-contribute.
go to people that don’t contribute back
you mean billionaires?
No, those are the anti-contributors
Yus.
Sensible anti-degeneracy approach.
And gets better than that... especially when ceasing blocks to them bettering themselves and their ability to help others however they can. Then the support given to them proliferates to benefit each and all.
A top marginal tax rate of 94% for people making over $1,000,000 USD per year is just common sense under capitalism. Spending it on those who need it instead of genocide is what’s controversial.
Very few people have income (salary) that high. What's needed is higher capitals gains and wealth taxes, to avoid loopholes and living from credits against stock.
Fixing capitalism is a lost cause. What’s needed is a feast where we eat the rich.
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I don't mind if my taxes feed and house people, even people who just moved here. Those are good goals and produce real products.
I do mind if all my taxes are used for unaccountable military organizations that are used to violate people's rights and harrass the poor and the vulnerable. Those are stupid goals and produce nothing of value.
Are you sure you don't want your taxes going to subsidizing billionaires and bankers instead?
Israel needs tens of billions to commit genocide and war
CanIthinkaboutitnothanks
That silly ~~communist~~ ~~socialist~~ ~~just being a decent member of society~~ ~~not an asshole~~ ~~compassionate human being~~ regular ass member of society is at it a again.
My county arranged for school lunches to be free. Free for all the kids. It's a pittance to pay in taxes and it scales all the way up to but not including the 1%ers. If you're poor enough to need it, chances are you're paying very little for it.
The right-wing shitheads in the county are citing that as overreach and trying to get it cut down.
I feel like tracking these people down and cementing the words "Starving children makes me happy" to their cybertrucks or whatever would be appropriate.
That would be truly satisfying, but i doubt they'd get it. So deep in the brainwashing they'd prob say it would force their parents to get out and find better work.
I feel like I've seen this on my Lemmy frontpage at least 4 times in the last month
Consistent messaging, nicely done everyone!
Well most people don't mind. It's just the vocal minority who really care. But they tend to be who governments pander too because they are the ones who pay the ~~bribes~~ contributions.
The best way to abolish all those poor people is actually giving them a richer future.
Poverty is expensive for us all.
Best end it.
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The only reason I want more money is to pay more taxes. I wanna walk around the city like "Yea, you like that park bench? Me too! You're very welcome! Hey, check out that bus! Looking good, right? Guess who paid for one 200000th of that? [points two thumbs at self like a total douche] THIS GUY!"
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62% of American voters support higher minimum wage, for example.
It doesn't matter.
There's no money to be made off of feeding the homeless. If Amazon doesn't want it, it won't be done. They sign the checks.
Fuck up part your taxes could go down and we still could feed everyone. The military and now ICE get a majority of our tax dollars.
What is this image from
Reverse image search yielded this.
I knew the style was familiar. Norman Rockwell is iconic.
Ive only experienced 1 homeless shelter, and it wasnt even "government funded" it just didnt pay taxes
Just thinking hypotheticals, but what would happen if people could vote the percent of their own taxes would go. So you could choose the buckets where your own tax would go…
Then things that weren't acceptable by people who can't think of priorities in a large system would be left aside. The point of voting in representatives is you vote in people who can have a better idea of what is needed in various areas.
Mean that's not always the case but way better than Joe Blow deciding all his taxes go to the military rather than education.
Mean I see the appeal but that voting has to come from informed voters with proper reasoning skills. Since we're in an age of propoganda nothing essential would ever be funded, people are too easily swayed.
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