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> If we taxes people based on the benefits they receive from the government, then the homeless would pay a fortune. This is provably and patently false. Homele
by cannonedhamster 9y ago
> If we taxes people based on the benefits they receive from the government, then the homeless would pay a fortune.
This is provably and patently false. Homeless people don't have their good protected by the police, don't get fire protection, don't drive, don't get deductions for businesses, don't get inheritance from their wealthy, millionaire parents, don't get lobbying influence. The entire system is set up to the benefit the rich with a few social stability benefits for the poor, which in turn keep them from uprising and storming the gates of the wealthy.
- eli 9y agoMy point was that we are not taxed based on the benefits we consume (if we were they'd be fees not income taxes). I did not mean to imply the homeless have it easy.
- cannonedhamster 9y agoI'm sorry I must not have been clear. My point wasn't that you were saying the homeless had it easy, my point was that the homeless cannot use the system because the benefits of the system belong to those who already have money.