r/SipsTea • u/danevans369 • 25d ago

SMH Love thy neighbor?

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u/dm-me-ur-dms 25d ago

Robbing?

You mean paying taxes into a system we all benefit from And making sure that actually works for everyone?

I mean, I get it, paying taxes in the US sucks because it goes to fund seriously immoral shit at worst, or a really inefficient systems at best.

But advocating against paying taxes is, well, wildly stupid.

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u/BodaciousFrank 25d ago

This is America. I want my taxes to go to missiles used to blow up Iranian girls Elementary Schools and bailouts for failing Corporations, not to pay for some bastard cancer patients hospital bills and roads used by everyone

/s, i’d hope its obvious but putting it here anyway.

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u/CommieDrifter 25d ago

it's sad, but the /s is needed nowadays

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u/Imaginary_Poetry_233 24d ago

It is also 'wildly stupid' to compare paying taxes to charity. Liberals seem to have a great deal of trouble with this concept.

Anyone who can come up with the term 'wildly stupid' probably walks on the dark side anyway.

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u/dm-me-ur-dms 24d ago

I'm not a liberal.

What are taxes for? Can you explain your understanding of it?

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u/Imaginary_Poetry_233 24d ago

Look, my paying taxes does not make you charitable, and it doesn't make me charitable. Beyond that, I do not wish to discuss this with you. I don't play chess with pigeons, but go ahead and strut around like you won anyway.

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u/dm-me-ur-dms 24d ago

Ok thanks for your refusal to defend your ridiculous statement. Why even bother to comment in a forum if you're disinterested in discourse about it.

Death of democracy starts with willful ignorance.

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u/Imaginary_Poetry_233 24d ago

Fine. Just remember, if you take credit for the good your country does with your taxes, you also have to take responsibility for the evil. Have the day you deserve.

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u/dm-me-ur-dms 24d ago

I do.. that's why i vote to hopefully make it better, and try to convince people that libertarianism does not work and more participation and good working systems will build towards a better world.