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>There's really no good reason for this. My state taxes go to fund schools and roads. My federal taxes go to fund bombs, warplanes that can't fly in the rain,
by omegaworks 8y ago
>There's really no good reason for this.
My state taxes go to fund schools and roads. My federal taxes go to fund bombs, warplanes that can't fly in the rain, a failed drug war, and mass surveillance infrastructure.
That is reason alone for the SALT.
- ameister14 8y agoIt's much more defensible to tax for war expenses than it is for schools. War expenses are necessary for the basic premise of a civilization's government - protection of property and life. Schools, not so much.
- klipt 8y agoWhy would you want to live in a country full of uneducated people?
- ameister14 8y agoI wouldn't - I'm fine with paying taxes for schools; I just recognize that it's harder to justify.
- omegaworks 8y agoWhat's hard to justify is your claim that the present military spending of our government is in any way a proportional response to actual threats to property and life. We outspend the next seven countries combined[1]. We could fully fund universal higher education with the money we spend on defense and with the remaining dollars still spend more than three times the amount that the next country does. https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison