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I’d happily pay more US taxes if it was used to fund healthcare, infrastructure, and had better human (worker) rights.
by asciimov 4y ago
I’d happily pay more US taxes if it was used to fund healthcare, infrastructure, and had better human (worker) rights.
- peanuty1 4y agoSpoiler alert: we (US) already collect enough taxes to adequately fund all of those things.
- asciimov 4y agoLord I know... I think about that sometimes, then I wonder if we get the same great deal on our military spending that we do on our healthcare.
- peter303 4y agoA lot goes to fund a military that gets almost as much as the worlds other militaries combined. And the 2023 budget is being held up because some thinkthe annual increase is too small.
- hackeraccount 4y agoI haven't looked at it in awhile but I think the military is around 20% of the federal budget. The big items are Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security. Maybe interest on the debt. 20% (assuming that's what it is) is still no small amount but I'm personally doubtful there would be some sort of sea change in what's possible if it were cut in half or even eliminated.
- rank0 4y agoAre you serious? Go look up the federal budget. The majority of our spending is for social services. We’re $30T in debt. We can’t even afford what we’ve got now.
- DrBazza 4y agoCareful what you wish for. We (in the UK) fund the NHS significantly to the point that it's now a political football - freezing funding to it and wanting it to be better run is political suicide, but wanting to cancel a piece of national infrastructure (HS2, our second high speed railway) that would demonstrable add to the country's GDP, and cost a tiny amount in comparison, is fine.