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I say they get plenty of money already. The amount of fraud and grift is incredible anytime tax money is being spent. Defense contractors, road works, entitlem
by qup 7mo ago
I say they get plenty of money already. The amount of fraud and grift is incredible anytime tax money is being spent.
Defense contractors, road works, entitlement fraud, politicians' unexplainable wealth, college tuition, learing centers, and the list goes on.
Manage the money properly.
- collabs 7mo agoThe time to talk about these things is when we spend them, not when we need to pay for them though. Logically speaking, the solution is clear going forward: 1. Higher taxes 2. Reduced government spending However, we are not willing to have these difficult conversations and are focused on appeasing people. Also, lets put things in context -- here is a summary from Claude. Over the last decade, federal income taxes went down for nearly everyone in rate terms, but the percentage benefit was larger for high earners and corporations.
- senordevnyc 7mo agoDisagree. Why trust someone with more money when they haven’t proven they can avoid squandering what they have?
- garbawarb 7mo agoAnother option is to increase the tax base. Washington has had high population growth this century which has been great for revenues.