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Robin Barton@LilahTovMoon Well there used to be a girl's school in Iran?
derptron@Robo105 @LilahTovMoon Don't even have to leave the country to find victims.
Aren't there still 1200 people "missing" still from "Alligator Alcatraz"?
If they were found and nobody wrote about it because it's not salacious enough, cool. But I doubt it. We probably just all forgot because even more bad shit has happened. Like some of us being gunned down in the street like dogs and even more people being disappeared.
The murder of those kids is a distraction. Like, that's why it was done.
@crazyeddie @LilahTovMoon Dark times, my friend, dark times
Wm.son@crazyeddie @Robo105 @LilahTovMoon
I fucking hate these people. Too many of them. Too many different created disasters. My mind understands the why, even if I can't grasp their end goal.
But my empathy for who they are killing, and hurting is working overtime. And I worry none of them will face justice. Esp not Trump, because he'll probably die before he does.
kramaker@LilahTovMoon EXACTLY right.
ArchiveScribe@LilahTovMoon It pains me to think that I am, as an American, subsidizing this empire.
Nazo@archivescribe @LilahTovMoon And if we don't they arrest us.
Jamie O'Neil@LilahTovMoon I do feel a little dirty just being a citizen right now.
DanDan420@LilahTovMoon As much as I find it pointless to pay taxes these days, don't be too hard on yourself. They would have been killed regardless, only difference is that the national debt would be a smudge higher, and you'd be in jail for tax evasion.
Instead focus your anger on the sociopathic fascists that would waste fortunes on death and destruction instead of improving people's lives.
Instead focus your anger on the sociopathic fascists that would waste fortunes on death and destruction instead of improving people's lives.
Jesse@LilahTovMoon Just wait until they find out how many people are being killed by the profits that are produced with their labour.
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Dave@LilahTovMoon I hate how much I wonder that too.
xs4me2Might be more than you can ever imagine…
Rain Dog@LilahTovMoon worse, how many people could my taxes have helped and they didn’t
CyanirisHow many beautiful, gentle people have you let die just by not paying your taxes ?
DonCC@LilahTovMoon
zero. you dont get to tell the govt system you are in what to do with your tax$. millionaire and billionaire donors tell the lawmakers what laws to make and their patsy judges and govt reps do what they say. we live in their world, we just pay for it.
zero. you dont get to tell the govt system you are in what to do with your tax$. millionaire and billionaire donors tell the lawmakers what laws to make and their patsy judges and govt reps do what they say. we live in their world, we just pay for it.
Matt@LilahTovMoon in the US
the answer is none since taxes do not fund spending at the federal level.
At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter where the money comes from because war is bad. But a lot of people have the mindset that govt spending is funded by taxes which is just not the case
They always have the money for war bc they have the money for anything they want to spend it on, which makes it worse in some sense.
the imperialist/fascist politics not you that is responsible
the answer is none since taxes do not fund spending at the federal level.
At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter where the money comes from because war is bad. But a lot of people have the mindset that govt spending is funded by taxes which is just not the case
They always have the money for war bc they have the money for anything they want to spend it on, which makes it worse in some sense.
the imperialist/fascist politics not you that is responsible
Joykill@mattcolantonio
Please read the bare minimum about a subject before posting. Here are some of the taxes you might pay that fund the federal government, most notable to this topic might be the income tax, payroll tax and excise tax.
If you're earning at least $44,200 per year, 5.5% of that amount is paid directly to the federal government. At that income level, you individually get a tax rebate but your employer pays 7.8% for you.
@mattcolantonio
Top earners (>$1.4mil) contribute up to 22.3% to the feds in income and payroll taxation.
Additionally, if you buy any gasoline, tobacco or alcohol products, you're also contributing to the federal government via the excise tax.
@joykill @LilahTovMoon
sorry but I didn’t say we don’t pay taxes, I said they don’t fund the federal govt
The taxpayer myth is used by those in power to enforce austerity and discipline the working class.
When the govt spends, it marks up th reserve accounts of banks- it does not need to first find money from taxes. ie, It spends $ in and taxes $ out- not the reverse
how does it make sense for the govt to be dependent on tax $ denominated in US$ that it creates itself?
@mattcolantonio
bro please, just read a little about fiscal policy before commenting on it.
The US government "creates money" the same way you "create money" when you go to the bank for a loan. That loan is debt that has to be repaid through your income, which in the government's case is mostly coming from taxation. Another way is through foreign investment in government bonds, which would be worthless if investors didn't believe in US ability to repay their debts.
@joykill @LilahTovMoon
I guess the Central Bank should read up on fiscal policy too…
I’m not saying anything different than what the govt actually does to spend.
Govt bonds drive up demand for the currency and are safe bc the govt will always pay it back, yes.
The US govt does not spend the same as a household that doesn’t make any sense. In your scenario the govt spends more like the bank, which by issuing a loan (credit) results in deposits in someone else’s account.
@mattcolantonio
I beg of you, please just read up on the funding process before writing any further fanfic.
The only thing the federal bank does is issue debt at the request of congress. Congress can't "create money" whenever they want as too much debt risks raising inflation and causing a huge depression. Which may be what you mean, but doesn't change the fact that that debt still needs to be paid off and you're doing it through the taxes you pay to the government.
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You'll never know.
The Turtle@LilahTovMoon one of the many reasons I have little urge to pay taxes during the Assfuck Administration.
Skylar the Ferret@LilahTovMoon Many, many people to be sure, and not just in this administration. Obama also bombed a hospital being run by Doctors without Borders.
@LilahTovMoon ooof. Harsh.
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