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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This kind of thinking makes you morally obligated to stop paying taxes (I'm for it)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

A more constructive conclusion would be to actually improve things, by not eliminating taxes but spending them differently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I think a good first step would be an Aus style bill that breaks down how your tax dollars got spent by the share of the budget that went to whatever we spent money on.

Actually seeing how much money went to foreign aid or debt repayments or MIC contracts would at least start an informed discourse on how are taxes get spent

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Won't happen unless immediate and immense pressure is applied to politicians. Such as threatening their livelihood by not paying taxes (their paycheck)

Or you know, violence. It's easy to beg for change, but without action they are under no obligation to do anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I don't disagree :) The initial comment just didn't outline that.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

If that's what it takes