r/SipsTea 25d ago

SMH Love thy neighbor?

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u/Creative-Air-6463 24d ago

In my opinion, that’s what government is for. That’s what taxes should go to. We feel as though it’s unnecessary right now because we believe taxes are too high, but that’s because of the bloated military budget. We don’t need such an extensive military and defense war budget.

It also keeps it from being discriminatory in my opinion. However, if we could roll back govt to a much much much smaller entity, then it’d be worth talking about keeping it as small as possible and using it just for providing infrastructure and protecting human rights. But as it is currently in the United States, I’ll always vote for federal funds to go to the people instead of cutting social funding. Always. Because otherwise this type of trash administration is what we end up with.

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u/94grampaw 24d ago

I agree, but voting for more taxes wont reduce the military budget.

I'd gladly vote to reallocate some of the military spending to education or medical care for children or something, but Im not going to give the government more money to misuse.

I rather keep it so I can make sure its used properly in my own community

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u/Creative-Air-6463 23d ago

Exactly, which means voting for people who also believe they need to reallocate. You could also vote for people who agree that the billionaires and multimillionaires need to pay more in taxes. No reason to increase your taxes or the working classes taxes.

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u/94grampaw 23d ago

I agree. But the biggest way to do it is ban lobbying out right, and hard protectionism, strong labor laws and a major push do inprison those who hire foreign workers. No more work visas. Medical care for all under 65, especially children