RE: Noteworthy News
September 16, 2024 at 2:38 pm
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2024 at 2:39 pm by Ivan Denisovich.)
(September 16, 2024 at 2:30 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(September 16, 2024 at 2:14 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: To be honest I always saw them as crybabies "oppressed" by big, bad, mean gov. And of course greedy fuck ups not wanting to pay their part in taxes.
I was one of them for fifteen years. Most of us were interested in limiting government, keeping taxes low too.
I'm glad that you aren't one now. I might understand people wanting limited gov (night watchman state in more extreme version) or low taxes but limited gov is a weak gov and thus of no use in safeguarding citizens from corporations greed (but still strong enough to look into people bedrooms) and countries being really good to live in aren't exactly known for having low taxes (though there might be exceptions). And of course there is world of difference between wanting low taxes and seeing taxes as robbery.
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