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> Please, stop deciding the winners and losers government. Almost nobody thinks that the US government's role is to pick winners and losers. This is always an
by Afforess 5y ago
> Please, stop deciding the winners and losers government.
Almost nobody thinks that the US government's role is to pick winners and losers. This is always an cloaked appeal for less regulation, often in bad faith and unrelated to the topic at hand.
> Tax us less, far less. Here’s something to consider - today I pay >60% of my income to taxes; historically (pre-1920) if 20% of a farmers income was taxed that would be very high.
Odd callout to farmers. I wonder why...
> don’t want to have to write grants so I can have a business.
... What does grant-writing have to do with government or tax rates?
> Reduce the burden and let me compete against ideas, not people who write grants properly.
Ahh, there it is. You want government money, but not government scrutiny. Nice.