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I work for free more than 20% of the year to pay for stuff that costs about 15x the price it should. The difference of the money goes to golf buddies of the Pel

I work for free more than 20% of the year to pay for stuff that costs about 15x the price it should. The difference of the money goes to golf buddies of the Pelosi's and other corrupt politicians. That $80b in funding will benefit literally no-one except a select few individuals.

nitwit005 4y ago
If you're paying your taxes, and other people are getting away with not paying them, you should be happy they're going to get caught and penalized. The alternative is that you shoulder their burden.
- exabrial 4y ago
  The only people I want to pay taxes are the 1%ers in Washington that are exempting themselves from every rule they make for us.
  - nitwit005 4y ago
    The wealthy were genuinely lobbying congress to not properly fund the IRS so they wouldn't be caught evading taxes.
marcusverus 4y ago
All those new auditors will be necessary if/when de-dollarization kicks into high gear. As dollar reserves diminish, so will the demand for US debt. The cost of new debt will be rise, possibly high enough for the US to (gasp!) actually utilize taxation to pay for its spending. In 2019, US outlays were ~30% greater than revenues. So taxes could need to rise by as much ~30% if debt becomes so expensive as to be unpalatable. Actually, that's before accounting for the looming rise in debt servicing costs, and assuming progressives don't pass anything from their expensive wishlist. If progressives pass "medicare for all" (which would come with ~$1 Trillion in *new* government spending), we could need to increase tax revenues by >50% to cover all outlays. So, yeah. The $80B in funding will come in very handy when it's time to raise taxes. In an unrelated note, if you think we'll raising 2 Trillion dollars in new spending without taxing the middle class, please DM me. I'd like to talk to you about fantastic investment opportunity in Arizona's up-and-coming beach condo construction industry.
anarchymatt 4y ago
"paying" for something implies that you had a choice in whether or not you wanted it taxation is literally theft

nitwit005 4y ago

If you're paying your taxes, and other people are getting away with not paying them, you should be happy they're going to get caught and penalized. The alternative is that you shoulder their burden.

exabrial 4y ago
The only people I want to pay taxes are the 1%ers in Washington that are exempting themselves from every rule they make for us.
- nitwit005 4y ago
  The wealthy were genuinely lobbying congress to not properly fund the IRS so they wouldn't be caught evading taxes.

marcusverus 4y ago

All those new auditors will be necessary if/when de-dollarization kicks into high gear. As dollar reserves diminish, so will the demand for US debt. The cost of new debt will be rise, possibly high enough for the US to (gasp!) actually utilize taxation to pay for its spending. In 2019, US outlays were ~30% greater than revenues. So taxes could need to rise by as much ~30% if debt becomes so expensive as to be unpalatable. Actually, that's before accounting for the looming rise in debt servicing costs, and assuming progressives don't pass anything from their expensive wishlist. If progressives pass "medicare for all" (which would come with ~$1 Trillion in *new* government spending), we could need to increase tax revenues by >50% to cover all outlays. So, yeah. The $80B in funding will come in very handy when it's time to raise taxes. In an unrelated note, if you think we'll raising 2 Trillion dollars in new spending without taxing the middle class, please DM me. I'd like to talk to you about fantastic investment opportunity in Arizona's up-and-coming beach condo construction industry.

anarchymatt 4y ago

"paying" for something implies that you had a choice in whether or not you wanted it taxation is literally theft