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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Man struggling to feed his family pays next to no federal taxes and gets a fat refund in February/March and is likely eligible to get assistance for feeding said family.

He should ask his state where the sales tax is going

Wars aren’t cool tho

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Exactly. Only the rich should get a say in the use of federal funds.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Didn’t say that, just saying that it’s a tired argument that the average struggling American is over taxed. That’s an argument used by the wealthy to cut their taxes.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The average struggling American IS over taxed. Because the average wage is under poverty.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But they’re eligible for tax credits that end up reimbursing or paying them more than what the total liability was anyways. Not to mention the benefits they’re eligible for being under poverty levels.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Should be more, is my point, until it covers the cost of surviving.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Look, I’m not sure of anything about you, but I grew up poor. I’ve worked in banking for 7 years. When people of poverty come in to money, the vast majority don’t save it for essentials, they go out and spend it on luxuries.

    You could drop 10k in their accounts every year, it’s going to be spent on tvs, cars, clothes, iPhones, whatever.

    The real solution is lowering the cost of essentials.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    You say they spend it on TVs, cars, clothes, iPhones, whatever, like it's a bad thing. A good tv is only a few hundred so 3% of your 10,000. If someone is trying to improve their employment they will need new clothes, reliable transportation, and reliable communication. 10,000 for a car is not a good car, but enough to get to work on time. I agree that lowering the cost of essentials is good, but incredibly hard in a free market. It's easier to raise wages through legislation

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Oh, or you're one of those people who think they know what other people should consider "essential", and think anything that isn't good voting and shelter is a luxury with no value to a human? I guess in that situation the UBI results wouldn't impact your opinion.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Personally I don’t mind the (what is it now?) seven failed audits! It’s unpatriotic to expect the military to know what it did with our money! /s

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    And I was doing it for the shareholders

    Pffff gotta pay for that war machine to go brrrr

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Blame Israel. USA is hardly doing much

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Nothing pisses me off more than my hard earned tax money gets spent on shit like affordable health care, mental health initiatives and feeding the homeless.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I'm all for a blanket cut to taxes, but that's apparently controversial as well.

    It's clear the US government has a surplus of tax funds they're burning. It would be better spent in our hands. I for one would like to keep the money I work for.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Thank you for your taxes.

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