People here won’t pay the taxes necessary for all that. Too much distrust of the government.
We already pay enough in taxes to cover all that - but we also allow massive levels of corruption, waste, and inefficiency at every level of government.
We already pay enough in taxes to cover all that - but we also allow massive levels of corruption, waste, and inefficiency at every level of government.
Fuckin A right!
People forget the income tax was originally a temporary war tax to help fund WW2 on our end. The greedy corrupt cocksuckers liked having the extra tax money so much they kept the tax in effect and it requires super majority vote approval to remove. Sooooooooooo basically, the 3% tax the dickhead king of England in 1776 instituted caused us to go to all out war but people these days are cool paying 30-40%. Ironic as can be as it defies all reasonable logic!
Iirc, income taxes were initially levied by Lincoln, in order to pay for the civil war. Not sure how we got here from a discussion about BBQ, lol...but in my experiences, Europeans find high tax rates much more tolerable because they know most of their money is going towards improving the quality of life of the citizenry. I’m sure there’s some shady, underhanded use of taxpayer funds over there, but not like here in the USA. We know damn well that most of what we give to the government gets pissed away in one way or another. I really wish that, as a populace, more of our attention and efforts were spent on demanding accountability and ethical behaviors, rather than fighting over how much we have to pay.
Iirc, income taxes were initially levied by Lincoln, in order to pay for the civil war. Not sure how we got here from a discussion about BBQ, lol...but in my experiences, Europeans find high tax rates much more tolerable because they know most of their money is going towards improving the quality of life of the citizenry. I’m sure there’s some shady, underhanded use of taxpayer funds over there, but not like here in the USA. We know damn well that most of what we give to the government gets pissed away in one way or another. I really wish that, as a populace, more of our attention and efforts were spent on demanding accountability and ethical behaviors, rather than fighting over how much we have to pay.
We are getting into semantics here; however, you are both correct and incorrect.
Lincoln's tax plan stemmed from the Revenue Act of 1861. It was instituted because prior to the civil war, the US hit a major depression due to over-expansion of our domestic economy and a financial meltdown that was happening in Europe at the same time. It was a way to get money to the treasury because the budget deficit was out of control during that period. Funny how even back than the government uses any chaotic situation to steal The People's money through taxes. The lie was it was used "to fund the War" just like the same lies used to re-institute the income tax to fund WW2. Irony at it's finest!
The Act became so unpopular it was never voted into law. So the income tax went bye bye, until WW2....then it became a permanent thing.
*Regarding Europe, all of their tax dollars are currently going to the massive illegal muslim migrant population. Native Europeans are experiencing wage cuts, increased tax rates, etc to help "fund the poor little migrant muslims". Any excuse to increase taxes, governments everywhere come up with whatever reason necessary to do so. It's downright criminal!
**You can't demand ethical behavior from satan worshiping pedophiles. Only thing you can do is hurt their pocket books and that is by getting taxes WAY down. At that point, they can only spend tax dollars on critical government functions as opposed to pocketing a percentage through their "foundations". The higher the tax rate, the richer federal level politicians become out of nowhere and no one questions anything!
For some reason the scene from Good Will Hunting popped into my head while I was reading the last threads. At the end of the day... we are all getting fucked one way or another. It is up to us to figure out ways to make it less painful.
For some reason the scene from Good Will Hunting popped into my head while I was reading the last threads. At the end of the day... we are all getting fucked one way or another. It is up to us to figure out ways to make it less painful.
I disagree. It all boils down to We The People and how badly we want to see things changed and work towards making that happen through whatever means necessary.
For fuck's sake Mothers Against Drunk Driving convinced Congress to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21. If a dozen pissed off Mommy's can have that kind of effect, imagine if all 300+ million Americans actually got fired up and forced some "change" in this country!
I disagree. It all boils down to We The People and how badly we want to see things changed and work towards making that happen through whatever means necessary.
For fuck's sake Mothers Against Drunk Driving convinced Congress to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21. If a dozen pissed off Mommy's can have that kind of effect, imagine if all 300+ million Americans actually got fired up and forced some "change" in this country!
I do not disagree. But I don't see unity like that happening without some major disaster bringing everyone together.
I do not disagree. But I don't see unity like that happening without some major disaster bringing everyone together.
The elite globalists have to keep the various races fighting among each other. That is how we are controlled. We become distracted and fight with one another as opposed to focusing on their criminal activities!
the elite globalists have to keep the various races fighting among each other. That is how we are controlled. We become distracted and fight with one another as opposed to focusing on their criminal activities!
Damn satan worshipping pedophiles!!!!!!!
Divide and conquer. Simplistic in nature but highly effective.
I disagree. It all boils down to We The People and how badly we want to see things changed and work towards making that happen through whatever means necessary.
For fuck's sake Mothers Against Drunk Driving convinced Congress to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21. If a dozen pissed off Mommy's can have that kind of effect, imagine if all 300+ million Americans actually got fired up and forced some "change" in this country!