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Now let’s do the amount lost to governments squandering and obliterating our tax dollars under the pretense of doing good, which is never enough.

dm319 5y ago
Weird, I pay taxes to fund the NHS, and I get a great deal here in the UK compared to the US. From my perspective your medical system squanders money on inefficiency and lining pockets, while you pay more and get refused treatment more.
- defaultprimate 5y ago
  >you pay more and get refused treatment more Unless you have cancer or an illness that requires tailored treatment. The US has significantly better severe illness outcomes than the UK.
sharemywin 5y ago
define "good" good in your eyes or in my eyes or 60% of societies eyes? The fun part is monopolies keep popping up everywhere as they divide us over everything else and we have defacto socialism because either way all your choice is gone.
- cplusplusfellow 5y ago
  Plenty of us agree on what is “good”, including people who can objectively see that government officials are the root cause of inefficient spending, as they are the root cause of inefficient tax systems. It’s not a debate about whether it’s “good” to end world hunger, it’s a debate about whether it should cost $700 a meal to fix the problem, and who should pay for it. On the subject of tax systems, I won’t sit for lecturing how the billionaire and political class evade $500b of taxes, and therefore this is some rationale for raising taxes on everyone who isn’t a billionaire.
WalterGR 5y ago
You should submit something so that people can discuss that and keep the discussion here on-topic.
missedthecue 5y ago
"They're not spending it so well that we should be donating extra", as the late great Kerry Packer quipped.
- jl2718 5y ago
  Some people did, although I’m guessing this is old cars or some other tax trick: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/gift/gift.htm https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/gift/gift.htm

dm319 5y ago

Weird, I pay taxes to fund the NHS, and I get a great deal here in the UK compared to the US. From my perspective your medical system squanders money on inefficiency and lining pockets, while you pay more and get refused treatment more.

defaultprimate 5y ago
>you pay more and get refused treatment more Unless you have cancer or an illness that requires tailored treatment. The US has significantly better severe illness outcomes than the UK.

sharemywin 5y ago

define "good" good in your eyes or in my eyes or 60% of societies eyes? The fun part is monopolies keep popping up everywhere as they divide us over everything else and we have defacto socialism because either way all your choice is gone.

cplusplusfellow 5y ago
Plenty of us agree on what is “good”, including people who can objectively see that government officials are the root cause of inefficient spending, as they are the root cause of inefficient tax systems. It’s not a debate about whether it’s “good” to end world hunger, it’s a debate about whether it should cost $700 a meal to fix the problem, and who should pay for it. On the subject of tax systems, I won’t sit for lecturing how the billionaire and political class evade $500b of taxes, and therefore this is some rationale for raising taxes on everyone who isn’t a billionaire.

WalterGR 5y ago

You should submit something so that people can discuss that and keep the discussion here on-topic.

missedthecue 5y ago

"They're not spending it so well that we should be donating extra", as the late great Kerry Packer quipped.

jl2718 5y ago
Some people did, although I’m guessing this is old cars or some other tax trick: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/gift/gift.htm https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/gift/gift.htm