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And your definition of "violence" is enforcing the law?
Government is violence, period (or the threat thereof). Everything government does is by compelling people to do things or preventing them from doing others. There is nothing voluntary about it.
You may argue that some goals, laws, or policies are just, but you cannot deny that violence is the means by which they are accomplished.
“The State represents violence in a concentrated and organized form.†-Mahatma Gandhi
EVERYONE should pay an amount of FEDERAL INCOME TAXES. 45% pay ZERO federal income taxes. Maybe if we ALL had skin in the game, we would care more about where the money went. Why should 45% get to spend MY tax money? If you don't pay federal income taxes, you shouldn't vote. Isn't it obvious that all the people who pay no taxes are going to keep voting to tax OTHER PEOPLE MORE with little to no regard as to how that money is spent?
Even poor people pay taxes; sales, gas and real estate taxes. I am more concerned with the very, very wealthy paying their fair share.
Even poor people pay taxes; sales, gas and real estate taxes. I am more concerned with the very, very wealthy paying their fair share.
They are:
"In 2016, the top 1 percent of taxpayers accounted for more income taxes paid than the bottom 90 percent combined. The top 1 percent of taxpayers paid roughly $538 billion, or 37.3 percent of all income taxes, while the bottom 90 percent paid about $440 billion, or 30.5 percent of all income taxes."
I like the idea of a national sales tax, with certain necessity categories exempted or taxed at a reduced rate (medicine/health, grocery staples, etc). That way you can do whatever creative accounting you want, but you can't actually use the money without paying taxes.
I chose to stop being broke ass poor and try and give my kids a better life, not my problem the government thinks it has the right to rip people off and allow colleges to do the same thing by burying them in debt for 20 or 30 years. They want their money back then come and get it via taking my tax refund
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so what you are saying is YOUR WORD..YOUR BOND is just crap
you entered a contract to get a loan for the college degree YOU CHOSE... they we nice enough to contract you that loan... your word, your bond says you are responsible to pay it back....
so what you are showing everyone (to include your kids) is that your word means nothing, your bond means nothing, and that you have zero morals or ethics
There goes the Democratic party. No playing identity politics if everyone actually contributes something.
identity politics has nothing to do with taxes.
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