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Alright, well let me start off by saying I'm definitely not an expert about the economy and how and why everything works, but I started wondering:
Why in the hell do we get basically robbed by the American government and do nothing about it?
I mean just looking at two taxes, you can see how ridiculous it is:
-We get charged on our OWN DAMN INCOME for starters. The government didn't do half the work.
-We get sales tax. Your sales tax percentage might not seem like a lot. but for example, here in MD it's 6%. That's 6 cents off every dollar that EVERYSINGLE PERSON IN THE STATE SPENDS. X 50 STATES X 7 DAYS A WEEK X 4 WEEKS A MONTH X 12 MONTHS A YEAR, etc. I ODed there, i know. but its ridiculous in myopinion.
and sure, a bit of our tax dollars benefit us (bridges, roads, etc) but where does the remainder of the millions and millions of dollars go?
I know i'm not the only one who feels this way. The government's just a bunch of thieves IMO.
DISCLAIMER: i'm not an expert about any of this. This is just a semi-informed opinion.
Why in the hell do we get basically robbed by the American government and do nothing about it?
I mean just looking at two taxes, you can see how ridiculous it is:
-We get charged on our OWN DAMN INCOME for starters. The government didn't do half the work.
-We get sales tax. Your sales tax percentage might not seem like a lot. but for example, here in MD it's 6%. That's 6 cents off every dollar that EVERYSINGLE PERSON IN THE STATE SPENDS. X 50 STATES X 7 DAYS A WEEK X 4 WEEKS A MONTH X 12 MONTHS A YEAR, etc. I ODed there, i know. but its ridiculous in myopinion.
and sure, a bit of our tax dollars benefit us (bridges, roads, etc) but where does the remainder of the millions and millions of dollars go?
I know i'm not the only one who feels this way. The government's just a bunch of thieves IMO.
DISCLAIMER: i'm not an expert about any of this. This is just a semi-informed opinion.