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FaustusC t1_ixockb4 wrote

"He's doing it to avoid paying taxes!!!"

Yeah, no shit. But here's the thing:

Let's do some fun math.

Shithead billionaire pays $1.25 million in taxes. The government spends $400,000 on a study to see who needs Money, $400,000 advertising grants & reviewing applicants, then selects 10 for $40,000 checks.

Or.

A charity we know and know actually exists gets a million dollars to do good in our community.

He may be a piece of shit, but like, if he's dropping checks to groups that do real good where it matters that matters more to me. We already know we can't trust the government to use our money wisely.

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Hungry-Big-2107 t1_ixodzdl wrote

This is bringing sourceless fiction to a whole, new level.

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occasional_cynic t1_ixorcv0 wrote

So when retarded leftists scream billionaires shouldn't exist and they stole/exploited to get their money you say the same thing, right?

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FaustusC t1_ixoegn1 wrote

Name me 3 Government agencies where if they were given $1, .80 would go to the actual beneficiaries in need.

Go on.

Tell me the government agencies where half their budgets aren't administration and fluff.

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DavidVogtPhoto t1_ixohmbn wrote

The point that you’re missing is that Bezos shouldn’t be taxed in millions, he should be taxed in the billions. And then your made up math is irrelevant.

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FaustusC t1_ixoj2l8 wrote

"The point you're missing, is if we take even more of their money it doesn't matter how much the government misuses because I'll still get more!"

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Hungry-Big-2107 t1_ixoudzu wrote

Name me one source that backs up your bullshit math.

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FaustusC t1_ixovag6 wrote

$10,000 Toilet cover.

This Shit show going back to the 80s.

The Author May be kinda a shit, but, "$8 million spent by the Department of Veterans Affairs to purchase solar panels that were never used and $28 million spent on heavy equipment lost by the Department of Defense in Afghanistan."

5 Fantastic examples.

I'm currently indifferent to taxing the rich even more because, frankly, without oversight it just means more for the elected upper class to steal.

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Hungry-Big-2107 t1_ixti1ct wrote

And not a single one of these is New Hampshire, dumbass.

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FaustusC t1_ixtidpf wrote

That's not what you asked for, fuck face.

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Suffolk1970 t1_iy5afof wrote

Democracy is not perfect. Politicians are bought out by the wealthy, who make sure laws favor them. Poor people get into power and sometimes steal, for themselves or for the kickbacks. So what?

The truth is the billionaires are making so much that should instead have been put back into society, via taxes. Regan and Drumpf dropped their tax rates, but it goes back to the 1950s.

In any case, our tax dollars (all of us) goes to pay for the screwups and for the good programs (think medicare, and SNAP) and our payroll taxes pay for our own Social Security when we get old. Those programs are fantastic, and constantly threated by the above named corrupt politicians, bought out by wealthy racists, etc.

As for New Hampshire, the gov denied the expansion of health insurance for how many years? How many poor people denied health care for cancer? How many lives lost? Do the math.

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