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Surely this is what I’m paying taxes for. Could go to healthcare for all, fixing my roads and access to education, creating a strong resilient nation for all o
by andrei_says_ 7y ago
Surely this is what I’m paying taxes for.
Could go to healthcare for all, fixing my roads and access to education, creating a strong resilient nation for all of us.
But this is so much better.
- cultus 7y agoThis is what an oligarchy looks like.
- andrei_says_ 7y agoWouldn’t it be nice to have “oligarch-democrat” as explicitly stated as “social-democrat”? Everywhere a candidate’s name is printed.
- mattkrause 7y agoIndeed, each of these checks would pay for a staff scientist (at the NIH or a research university) for the next few decades. Or a teacher. And arguably, had we done that then we wouldn't be dealing with this now.
- einpoklum 7y agoDon't forget a lot of your federal taxes go to financing overseas wars and other military interventions. Some of it also goes to prop up oppressive regimes; and lets not forget funding Al-Qaeda-associated Islamist fundamentalist militias.