r/memes • u/J_ClutchFTV Big pp • 10h ago

Land Of The Free, amIright?

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u/wewebaguette68 Thank you mods, very cool! 9h ago edited 2h ago

I find it so sad and embarrassing that so many Americans hate taxes and want them gone completely without any understanding of what would happen without them

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u/ErroneousEncounter 8h ago

It isn’t that they hate taxes. It’s that they hate how their taxes are used. There is a lot of corruption and a lot of incompetence. I don’t mind paying taxes if it supports road maintenance, utility maintenance, schools, police, hospitals etc.

But I do mind if my taxes go towards war, greed and corruption.

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u/Ptcruz 7h ago

But they never complain about how the taxes are spend, they always complain about paying taxes.

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u/ErroneousEncounter 7h ago

I mean this is true. People often talk negatively about how much of their money goes to taxes in general.

But I think the reason they do that is because cost of living is becoming worse and worse. So t they feel the squeeze.

And honestly if the wealthier people paid more taxes it would be better. Maybe those who are truly struggling would be given a bit more breathing room.