If you’re in a lot countries, especially the US, your taxes also go toward killing innocent people including children. I don’t mind taxes at all in theory but in practice in America the fact that our infrastructure and societal support systems are in shambles doesn’t make me feel like paying taxes helps anyone except the tax dodging billionaires.
You’re dismissing this person’s very valid concern.
American infrastructure and societal support structures are “in shambles” because of the very crowd that decries taxes. They chant about government being useless and private industry being better and how we shouldn’t pay so much in taxes, then elect people who will do their damnedest to ensure that government is useless.
Not really from USA so I have no idea what the situation there is but in my country Philippines a lot of budget is tied behind what we locally call confidential and intelligence fund. This fund even education department is asking for it’s quite a huge part of the budget. This are not accessable to the public fyi there is no breakdown for that budget.
The person you responded to doesn’t sound like that and I for sure am not. I would even be okay with higher taxes IF they were actually going to non shitty expenses. I’m simply saying I see their point. It’s very fair to feel like taxes are a ripoff when they don’t go toward good things so often, especially knowing the rich pay incredibly low rates compared to the rest of us
If you’re in a lot countries, especially the US, your taxes also go toward killing innocent people including children. I don’t mind taxes at all in theory but in practice in America the fact that our infrastructure and societal support systems are in shambles doesn’t make me feel like paying taxes helps anyone except the tax dodging billionaires.
You’re dismissing this person’s very valid concern.
American infrastructure and societal support structures are “in shambles” because of the very crowd that decries taxes. They chant about government being useless and private industry being better and how we shouldn’t pay so much in taxes, then elect people who will do their damnedest to ensure that government is useless.
Not really from USA so I have no idea what the situation there is but in my country Philippines a lot of budget is tied behind what we locally call confidential and intelligence fund. This fund even education department is asking for it’s quite a huge part of the budget. This are not accessable to the public fyi there is no breakdown for that budget.
The person you responded to doesn’t sound like that and I for sure am not. I would even be okay with higher taxes IF they were actually going to non shitty expenses. I’m simply saying I see their point. It’s very fair to feel like taxes are a ripoff when they don’t go toward good things so often, especially knowing the rich pay incredibly low rates compared to the rest of us