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I want all taxes cut. I want Bezos to pay less, and I hate Amazon. Most taxes are just going to wind up in the pockets of some bureaucrat. Maybe our governmen

I want all taxes cut. I want Bezos to pay less, and I hate Amazon. Most taxes are just going to wind up in the pockets of some bureaucrat. Maybe our government would just spend less. Governments waste money. I don’t care what it is for, if it is a tax increase and I can vote against it I will. The US federal government is just the largest corporation, with 50 layers of middle management. I’ll donate to the library, and the parks fund though. Gas taxes also aren’t the worse if they’re only used for transportation purposes. Property taxes should only be used for police and fire departments, and maybe power grid work if you’re on the grid.

kmbfjr 4y ago
Governments waste money on things which “we” do not agree. Noticeably absent from your list is education, which I am not implying is intentional nor do I wish to say you are against funding it. If the function of government is to help run a safe orderly society, not funding that seems to be a mistake. Now we’re adding to the list, and there is of course defense, and oh, the FAA as airplanes crashing is a bad idea. And don’t forget the SEC, FDIC, have to protect the financial sector. And here we are.
- landemva 4y ago
  FAA allowed Boeing to avoid getting a new type certification for 737MAX (large fans relocated on wing mounts to avoid scrapping runway) and what would have been costly pilot training for the new type certification. Fail, twice. UL is not government and reviews consumer electrical product safety, so safety can be done without government.
- mostertoaster 4y ago
  Education was very intentional. When I say I vote against all taxes, this is the only one I have a choice and *always* will vote against. Government schools are completely untrustworthy. There are many good teachers at them, but they’re just indoctrination centers, for progressive communist bull crap. Hey our local middle school is having the local drag club show up! The kids can’t read, but at least the boys now know it is ok to wear a dress and makeup. And I don’t give a crap if a boy wears a dress. If there were complete choice as to how to spend that money, and we could fire the shit teachers, pretty much if the local public school was simply funded by the local neighborhood, I’d be ok with that. The leftist dogma is so ingrained into our culture, even the right wingers, accept so many of their presuppositions. College education, is crap here. And people don’t actually learn how to think, but what to think. A liberal arts education was a thing once pursued for the sake of education, and now at our universities, it is just another way to make sure you believe the right narrative. Like we literally have words like “birthing person”, and “chest feeding”instead of “mom” and “breast feeding”, and everyone is so blind they can’t see how stupid that is. Yes a trans man can have a baby and breast feed it, and somehow that means we should stop using common sense. Clown world.
  - arbitrary_name 4y ago
    Where do we have 'chest feeding'? And don't give me a link to some new york post or fox bullshit.
    - mostertoaster 4y ago
      https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/breastfeeding/services/lgbtqi-and-breastfeeding.aspx https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/breastfeeding/services/lgbtqi... I mean just google it. Do you not work at a trans friendly place perhaps?
- mostertoaster 4y ago
  Hey but our tax dollars help pay for all the anti cigarette campaigns! And then some capitalist came up with vaping, so people wouldn’t reek, and did more for preventing cancer in smokers than the government ever had. No government budgets must justify themselves, and all money must be spent to justify getting more. Money is power. Billionaires are powerful, not just because they have so much wealth in their name, but they generally control even more wealth via board positions. Well a US senator, controls even more wealth, now that our government is so large. Bernie Sanders hates billionaires because they still maintain a lot of power, and he hates competition.
  - jjeaff 4y ago
    Actually, a lot of the anti-smoking campaigns are paid for by money from the big tobacco settlements. And smoking rates have fallen precipitously since their height in the past. Long before e-cigs became a thing. It would be hard to pin down the actual cause of the fall, but the rise of e-cigs could only be a small and recent factor.
    - mostertoaster 4y ago
      The frustrating part is vaping is an opportunity to actually encourage those who smoke cigarettes to do something far less bad for them. But instead all of those who have made a career on cessation, would be out of work. So our governors ban vaping and people and make it actively harder to get. London public health was actually smart and encouraged those who smoke to switch to vaping, and encouraged those who do not to not start vaping, still bad for you, but cigarettes are about 10 times worse, though less enjoyable than a cigarette. And our governors say “what about the children”.
      - jjeaff 4y ago
        I don't think any politician or really very many people at all have really built a career on cessation. The reason they are trying to ban vaping is because the health effects are still not well understood. There is also the fact that many people who never smoked are getting into vaping and becoming addicted to the nicotine all the same. Not as bad as cigarettes, but not a healthy habit either.

kmbfjr 4y ago

Governments waste money on things which “we” do not agree. Noticeably absent from your list is education, which I am not implying is intentional nor do I wish to say you are against funding it. If the function of government is to help run a safe orderly society, not funding that seems to be a mistake. Now we’re adding to the list, and there is of course defense, and oh, the FAA as airplanes crashing is a bad idea. And don’t forget the SEC, FDIC, have to protect the financial sector. And here we are.

landemva 4y ago
FAA allowed Boeing to avoid getting a new type certification for 737MAX (large fans relocated on wing mounts to avoid scrapping runway) and what would have been costly pilot training for the new type certification. Fail, twice. UL is not government and reviews consumer electrical product safety, so safety can be done without government.
mostertoaster 4y ago
Education was very intentional. When I say I vote against all taxes, this is the only one I have a choice and *always* will vote against. Government schools are completely untrustworthy. There are many good teachers at them, but they’re just indoctrination centers, for progressive communist bull crap. Hey our local middle school is having the local drag club show up! The kids can’t read, but at least the boys now know it is ok to wear a dress and makeup. And I don’t give a crap if a boy wears a dress. If there were complete choice as to how to spend that money, and we could fire the shit teachers, pretty much if the local public school was simply funded by the local neighborhood, I’d be ok with that. The leftist dogma is so ingrained into our culture, even the right wingers, accept so many of their presuppositions. College education, is crap here. And people don’t actually learn how to think, but what to think. A liberal arts education was a thing once pursued for the sake of education, and now at our universities, it is just another way to make sure you believe the right narrative. Like we literally have words like “birthing person”, and “chest feeding”instead of “mom” and “breast feeding”, and everyone is so blind they can’t see how stupid that is. Yes a trans man can have a baby and breast feed it, and somehow that means we should stop using common sense. Clown world.
- arbitrary_name 4y ago
  Where do we have 'chest feeding'? And don't give me a link to some new york post or fox bullshit.
  - mostertoaster 4y ago
    https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/breastfeeding/services/lgbtqi-and-breastfeeding.aspx https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/breastfeeding/services/lgbtqi... I mean just google it. Do you not work at a trans friendly place perhaps?
mostertoaster 4y ago
Hey but our tax dollars help pay for all the anti cigarette campaigns! And then some capitalist came up with vaping, so people wouldn’t reek, and did more for preventing cancer in smokers than the government ever had. No government budgets must justify themselves, and all money must be spent to justify getting more. Money is power. Billionaires are powerful, not just because they have so much wealth in their name, but they generally control even more wealth via board positions. Well a US senator, controls even more wealth, now that our government is so large. Bernie Sanders hates billionaires because they still maintain a lot of power, and he hates competition.
- jjeaff 4y ago
  Actually, a lot of the anti-smoking campaigns are paid for by money from the big tobacco settlements. And smoking rates have fallen precipitously since their height in the past. Long before e-cigs became a thing. It would be hard to pin down the actual cause of the fall, but the rise of e-cigs could only be a small and recent factor.
  - mostertoaster 4y ago
    The frustrating part is vaping is an opportunity to actually encourage those who smoke cigarettes to do something far less bad for them. But instead all of those who have made a career on cessation, would be out of work. So our governors ban vaping and people and make it actively harder to get. London public health was actually smart and encouraged those who smoke to switch to vaping, and encouraged those who do not to not start vaping, still bad for you, but cigarettes are about 10 times worse, though less enjoyable than a cigarette. And our governors say “what about the children”.
    - jjeaff 4y ago
      I don't think any politician or really very many people at all have really built a career on cessation. The reason they are trying to ban vaping is because the health effects are still not well understood. There is also the fact that many people who never smoked are getting into vaping and becoming addicted to the nicotine all the same. Not as bad as cigarettes, but not a healthy habit either.