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Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Originally Posted by pghquest
And you dont think the oil companies contributing 8% of the operating capital of the government "a fair share"?
Number one I doubt your as usual unsubstantiated figure and number two it's meaningless without knowing what amount your alleged 8% was generated from.
It's like saying a man who paid $10,000 in taxes paid his fair share.
If he paid on an income of $60K maybe he did, if he paid on an income of $5M I'd say he didn't.
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Originally Posted by Greatday
I realize our situation is the exception but, we do not pay any taxes towards public schools. Of course, we don't pay taxes for a taxpayer subsidized fire department either
Totally OT but how are the schools financed? Gambling?
Totally OT but how are the schools financed? Gambling?
I'm going to venture that GD will reply that schools are subsidized by others and that he managed to "beat the system" by avoiding taxation and still gets a free service.
It's par for the course, really. Time to get the hip boots and shovel out.
Yeah, there is no benefit to a household without children in a given community for the children of others in that community to be in school. hahahaha, love that thinking!
Hence my mafia analogy. "Fair" is what the state, which has a monopoly over legitimate use of force, determines it is.
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