*and actively destroys/dismantles anything one could remotely be proud of having their tax money go to.
I'd gladly fund NASA and scientific research any day of the week, but nooooo gotta feed the poor poor billionaires.
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but noooo gotta feed the poor
HUH?!
poor billionaires
Aaaahhhh.
Yeah, I did the same thing at first. Did the half head tilt thing and didnt finish reading and was like, uhm, am I readinnn that right? Oh.
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My republican coworkers are complaining about NASA because they always flake when buying our products (we sell electronic stuff to defense related military contractors) because they don't have enough budget.
Fucking idiots don't realize that their political party doesn't even want a NASA
Okay but we all get that Douglas was the bad guy, right?
He is bad guy, but he is not bad guy
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Oh damn, I've never seen this thanks for linking.
- issuing currency
- collecting taxes
- suppressing evidence of child sex trafficking
One of these things is so outrageously unlike the others that it makes me kinda sus of whoever decided to put them all in the same list
*Corrupt Government
*Has the ability to print money out of thin air with no downside.
*Forces you pay taxes anyway making you technically complicit in its crimes.
*Uses Its infinite wealth and power to openly protect child predators instead of something good because it is a corrupt government. (The most recent thing in the news cycle)
Interesting how all these things line up together when you don't abstract these things into nothingness. It makes me very sus of the person who decide to reword these so they don't fit on the same list.
No disagreement on the corruption, coercion, or economic exploitation.
Nor that there’s a straight line from their ability to manipulate the economic and legal systems… directly to their ability to evade justice for the worst crimes imaginable.
My concern is:
Tech libertarians using a (nearly-) universally-acknowledged and reviled scourge as a pretense to post in progressive spaces and sneak in neo-metallist sentiments like “taxation is theft” and “money-printing is fraud”.
I’m not saying OP or even OOP is one, for sure. But the meme does advance their narrative.
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-genocide
A charitable interpretation of "printing money out of thin air" is how they bail out corporations and landlords. Why even save if the game is so obviously rigged?
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Love my taxes going to committing genocide and protecting Israel
My city can’t afford housing or transit but just spent $150 million building a stadium for live nation. Free taxpayer funded stadiums for corporations to profit from, yay!
Calgary?
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"You forgot your briefcase!"
I don't want to be your buddy, Rick. I just want a little breakfast....
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And now your going to die wearing that stupid little hat
That's it, I'm walking directly home in a straight line
If you were part of the billionaire class, you'd be paying less. Sucker.
I can hear Iron Maiden's 'Man on the Edge' music.
The world desperately needs more Luigis.
D-FENS is so aspirational especially the part where he stands up to the brown people and foreigners and then
spoiler
tries to murder suicide his daughter on her birthday
Is tax 33% in the USA? or are you not referring to the USA?
Federal taxes plus state taxes plus property taxes (if you own any) plus vehicle taxes (usually in the form of plates and fuel taxes) plus sales taxes (on anything you buy) plus who-knows-what all else.
It adds up to a good chunk of the average working person's paycheck.
Edit: Forgot to add county and local taxes. For example, Cook county Illinois adds substantial sales taxes and gas taxes on top of state sales and and federal gas taxes.
TBH Ima put Social Security in the tax section too as I doubt people under 50 are gonna collect on it.
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Hot take: I think any involuntary expense forced on you by your government is, essentially, a tax regardless of whether it goes into government or corporate coffers, and should be included in the discussion.
Health insurance being the major example, given that's paid for by taxes in civilized countries. Arguably, the insurance, gas, and maintenance on a car that many of us would happily trade for a functional public transportation system.
Federal Tax Rates in the US 2024-25 run from 10% to 37%.
I am guessing that not too many pay over 30% then? Also that this is in brackets, so that only the amount over certain point is taxed higher?
I am still surprised that taxes can be so high, and people require so little for it!
If you earn $50-200k, they you're in the 22-24% federal tax bracket, but probably pay 15-20% Federal income tax. Plus 7.65% payroll tax (also federal). Plus 5-10% state tax. Some cities have an income tax. But yeah: 25-35% total tax burden is pretty common for middle income people.
Part of the problem is that we, the people, don’t get to determine the requirements. Our elected representatives do, and wouldn’t you know it - corporations pay them off to siphon money to the richest among us and give us nothing in return. Legalized bribery is the bread and butter of American politics, it’s why things are so incredibly corrupt here and why we’re living in an oligarchy, not a democracy.
Most people are either sheep, or have given up the fight. That is why anything that requires great change either doesn't happen, or happens only when something impactful affects them personally. 'Look over there....Netflix!'
Then after retirement and benefits it's anywhere from 20% to 50%. I'm at about 25% just with tax, 36% with benefits and retirement.
Depending on if your deductions are calculated correctly (you have to negotiate that with your job) you might end up getting a refund layer or have to pay, so in reality my rate is more like 30% overall. People with more expensive insurance or less tax credits and or other things on top of that are going to have it worse off.
I make half what I would need to be able to afford buying a home in my area and be able to make mortgage payments and still have money left
There are also State taxes that aren't normally differentiated from when complaining about tax rates even though they go to different places. In some states it's pretty much the same things.
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