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Yes, but what will the government do with the money. We could already build Eden on earth if it weren't for wars. Governments keep spending money on wars, so wh

Yes, but what will the government do with the money. We could already build Eden on earth if it weren't for wars. Governments keep spending money on wars, so what's the point of taking more in taxes. It will all go to shits anyways. And by the way, if you think that governments are accountable to the public you are sadly mistaken. They are accountable to that 1%.

drdo 2y ago
They can start by taxing the poor less.
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- pb7 2y ago
  From 0% to 0.0%? Bottom 50% of taxpayers pay 2% of all taxes. The “poor” not only pay nothing, they’re given money via credits.
rpdillon 2y ago
> We could already build Eden on earth if it weren't for wars. Not true. National defense is about 13% of our federal budget. Medicare, Medicaid, healthcare, and Social Security are 50%. https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/where-does-all-the-money-go/ https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/where-does-all-the-m... The 1% earn 26% of all income, but pay 46% of all income taxes. The bottom 50% of earners pay 2% of income taxes. https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/do-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/ https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/do-the-rich-pay-thei... But our system has a serious problem. We've increased the debt by $11 trillion in the past four years, which was our total debt for the first 200 years the country was around. The only point here is the problem is significantly harder than you're making it sound, and that's if we had a straightforward way to just stop all the wars. Unfortunately, no one's been able to come up with a way to do this yet.
- nullorempty 2y ago
  Because the goal is to have and endless war. Think about that. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_IGU_7alJ80 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_IGU_7alJ80
_yb2s 2y ago
This… I would be for higher taxes if they were used responsibly- maybe even have a contentious objector option that allows people to opt out of funding wars. Being able to defend yourself is important but most of the US military operations since WW2 have been pointless and awful.

drdo 2y ago

They can start by taxing the poor less.

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pb7 2y ago
From 0% to 0.0%? Bottom 50% of taxpayers pay 2% of all taxes. The “poor” not only pay nothing, they’re given money via credits.

rpdillon 2y ago

> We could already build Eden on earth if it weren't for wars. Not true. National defense is about 13% of our federal budget. Medicare, Medicaid, healthcare, and Social Security are 50%. https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/where-does-all-the-money-go/ https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/where-does-all-the-m... The 1% earn 26% of all income, but pay 46% of all income taxes. The bottom 50% of earners pay 2% of income taxes. https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/do-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/ https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/do-the-rich-pay-thei... But our system has a serious problem. We've increased the debt by $11 trillion in the past four years, which was our total debt for the first 200 years the country was around. The only point here is the problem is significantly harder than you're making it sound, and that's if we had a straightforward way to just stop all the wars. Unfortunately, no one's been able to come up with a way to do this yet.

nullorempty 2y ago
Because the goal is to have and endless war. Think about that. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_IGU_7alJ80 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_IGU_7alJ80

_yb2s 2y ago

This… I would be for higher taxes if they were used responsibly- maybe even have a contentious objector option that allows people to opt out of funding wars. Being able to defend yourself is important but most of the US military operations since WW2 have been pointless and awful.