Quote (duffman316 @ 26 Dec 2022 09:59)
is it though? I pay taxes and I get offended by how I had no means to defend myself from getting robbed and no say in how the proceeds of the theft get spent, supposedly for my own good by injecting dogs with cocaine
Why do you keep getting fixated on relatively tiny government expenditures that you don't agree with? I don't even understand the point when such a huge chunk of the money goes to fund the military...
Average tax payer rate is 13.5% and the military gets 14.8% of all US expenditure. So the federal reserve bank actually funds the military slightly more than the average tax payer.
Quote (duffman316 @ 26 Dec 2022 09:59)
why do you take this topic so personally? do you "work" in the public sector or live off social assistance?
Because I have family members that are older and I can see how the system works from multiple perspectives.
If you think taxes are theft then you better be prepared to grab a shovel and bury your family members when they get sick, because after you see their medical bills,
you will rethink what theft is...Quote (duffman316 @ 26 Dec 2022 09:59)
the infrastructure isn't free, my taxes paid for it
the government programs aren't free, my taxes paid for it
Sir respectfully, construction companies bill the government about $1 million dollars per mile of road and there are over 4 million miles of road in the US. You did not pay 4+trillion dollars in taxes... No individual person did...
Quote (duffman316 @ 26 Dec 2022 09:59)
i do have a job and i am part of the greatest hard working group of citizenry in my country
i'm a landlord
i provide shelter to people
Then I highly doubt that you legitimately believe that you are the victim of theft by paying taxes. Especially after you figure out that after people die their property ends up being sold off to landlords like yourself through HUD programs at a massive discount to you. They are
clearly thieves scamming you with those super low interest loans and heavily discounted property...