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Are you saying that its unfair that money is being taken from you(r state) and being spent on people you don't believe deserve it?
by splintercell 6y ago
Are you saying that its unfair that money is being taken from you(r state) and being spent on people you don't believe deserve it?
- VikingCoder 6y agoI'm saying that I think there are programs that are good and beneficial, and others call them "evil, wealth redistribution." Well, if that's the majority view in a state, and that state also takes in more Federal dollars than its residents puts in, then maybe for Defense spending they shouldn't be able to take money from another state. They can self-fund it. And if they can't maybe it makes more sense that the jobs that come from Defense spending should go to a state whose residents are willing and able to pay for it.
- splintercell 6y agoYeah but you don't get a say. Only all of us as a collective gets a say. That's in the fundamental nature of taxation. My alcoholic racist uncle who beats his family receives welfare check for his disability. I am clearly paying into the system and he hates me extra for being an in interracial marriage. I don't like to have my money go towards him, but guess what? Same here. You don't like that your money is being spent on people against your wishes? You just discovered the true nature of taxation.
- VikingCoder 6y ago> You don't like that your money is being spent on people against your wishes? No, I'm fine with it. But there are entire states run by dinks who HATE IT, and yet they take it, cursing me and people like me all the while. I think it's possible we could trick them into agreeing to laws or even a Constitutional Amendment which would prevent them from benefiting from a system they say they hate. I honestly think that in principle it would be easy. "Should wealth be redistributed from one state to another?" "No!" "Wow, that was way easier than I thought."