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Old 03-03-2021, 08:59 AM
 
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That's a bogus argument.

If I pay someone for goods and services with the income I earned and was taxed on... I expect them to pay THEIR taxes. And if they are evading taxes because they have very smart lawyers or simply have no scruples, then yes, I do have a problem with it.

But it isn't like I know what kind of taxes businesses are paying. I can't direct my money towards the companies paying their fair share.
How is that bogus?

If 50% of people pay zero federal income tax, what's their fair share to the society?

Why should anybody be forced at gunpoint to pay more than zero?
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Old 03-03-2021, 09:05 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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How is that bogus?

If 50% of people pay zero federal income tax, what's their fair share to the society?

Why should anybody be forced at gunpoint to pay more than zero?
Because this Isn't Gault's Gulch
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Old 03-03-2021, 09:53 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Because this Isn't Gault's Gulch
It isn't Freeloaders' Fantasyland, either.
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Old 03-03-2021, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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It isn't Freeloaders' Fantasyland, either.
Our current tax system is not Freeloaders' Fantasyland. Only right wingers feel that way
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Old 03-03-2021, 10:07 AM
 
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Our current tax system is not Freeloaders' Fantasyland. Only right wingers feel that way
How many households pay no income tax yet receive benefits from the government/taxes paid by others. That is a free loader.
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Old 03-03-2021, 10:07 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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How many households pay no income tax yet receive benefits from the government/taxes paid by others. That is a free loader.
No, that's how the commons work. Sad you didn't learn that
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Old 03-03-2021, 10:09 AM
 
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No, that's how the commons work. Sad you didn't learn that
Commons = freeloaders
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Old 03-03-2021, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Commons = freeloaders
The world of Vlajos=Private business running everything, including mercenaries for police and for profit private fire fighters. Sounds like a nightmare to me.....
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Old 03-03-2021, 10:16 AM
 
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I agree. But I'm not sure this person will stop making mistakes. The US is chock full of people making the same mistakes over and over and over again. They're the ones who are unhappily mired in the consequences of their own actions, but lash out at those who are successful, blaming them for their own mistake after mistake after mistake.
Yup it's always everybody else's fault and as a result they don't feel there is any reason to question their part in why their life sucks nor do they take any responsibility for it. The cycle will never end at this rate.
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Old 03-03-2021, 10:19 AM
 
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Phoenix. AA
You seriously went to University of Phoenix and then only got an AA????? And it took you 3 years to get that AA?? Well NOW it makes perfect sense why you can't get a job in your field.
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