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Re: Doesn't work Wanting something back for your tax money is unreasonable? | | |
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jdmm72
join:2002-02-12
Nitro, WV | Wanting anything from the government except defense and conflict arbitration is unreasonable, but we're way past that now. | |
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 ·Callcentric
| said by jdmm72:Wanting anything from the government except defense and conflict arbitration is unreasonable, but we're way past that now.
RWers seem to assume that the sole purpose of government is to cater for the rich and to wage war, under the guise of defense. The $700 billion annual war complex and wasting literally trillions on pointless wars and policing the world, is not what our Constitution is about.
Without the Fed, the majority of red states would be 2nd world nations and bankrupt. The vast majority of red states ironically receive more than they contribute in Federal taxes.
In addition, that does not even include all of the military (i.e. government jobs) that so many GOP states HEAVILY rely on for their bread and butter. This is what is so laughable about the GOP stance regarding the fed, taxation, and government. | |
jdmm72
join:2002-02-12
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 ·Suddenlink
| said by Telco:RWers seem to assume that the sole purpose of government is to cater for the rich and to wage war, under the guise of defense. The $700 billion annual war complex and wasting literally trillions on pointless wars and policing the world, is not what our Constitution is about.
Without the Fed, the majority of red states would be 2nd world nations and bankrupt. The vast majority of red states ironically receive more than they contribute in Federal taxes.
In addition, that does not even include all of the military (i.e. government jobs) that so many GOP states HEAVILY rely on for their bread and butter. This is what is so laughable about the GOP stance regarding the fed, taxation, and government.
That's great an all, but I'm not GOP. And I am railing against money that comes to my state. My state is a welfare state. The Frontier subsidies, yeah, much of that will likely go to WV. The Heartland Corridor train project, that I mentioned in the Frontier article, again, a very sizeable portion came to my state.
I work hard for my money, and since I'm a self-employed small business owner, I get to pay double SS, FICA and other taxes. So when taxes go up 1% for you, they go up 2% for me, 5% for you = 10% for me. I get to make both the employee and employer contribution.
And then there is waste. WV just spent something like $134 million of FEDERAL money for routers for schools, firestations, libraries, etc. We have only 1.855 million citizens in our entire state. Does that make any sense? That was after the $30 million that they received in 2006 (I believe) from the Federal gub'ment for their broadband fund, that I believe is still locked up in red-tape. | |
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