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#funny #job #paycheck
Jul 17, 2017 8:24 PM
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#funny #job #paycheck
HairytheSheep
If he makes less than 3k he'll get it all back if hes actually having to pay in
EdNigma1134
ILikeToCallItLostWages
YOU GON' LEARN TODAY
CatUpVote
TAXES ARE THIEF LIBRULS STEAL US HURRRRRR DURRRRRRRRRR
Juleva
Little known fact if hes only part time and estimated to make under 10k he can go exempt and not have to pay a single penny at the end of th
Juleva
e year, because a single persons exemptions are over 10k which means he will have no taxable income.
sprbwlshuffler
If my tax dollars were efficiently used, then I wouldn't complain about them nearly as much.
Eight77
May each one be larger than the last.
frivolousbuttercream
Is nobody gonna say anything about those huge hands?
clitney
Oh thank Christ someone else noticed.
Quarantane
My first paycheck was for $19. I bought a really crappy inuyasha fighting game on PlayStation. It was terrible.
Quarantane
My first "Well this sucks...but I paid for this, so I'm going to get my money out of it" moment
mycatToastwasafatasshole
I think I had that game. My parents got it for me for Christmas for some reason.
Quarantane
https://goo.gl/images/HaEWpw
AkLonewolf
my first paycheck was for about $9000. My first bill paid was to the IRS for 1700... uhg
Lelines
On the other hand. He'll probably get a refund
DE888Wms
IF there were no Taxes (Income, Property, Sales, Gas, etc), would you DONATE money for Schools, Roads, etc, or just let things go to hell?
ellisDtripp25
But I did the math this much per hour and this many hours...what happen
cinemeasctha
Emergency tax though?
Imightbetrolling
I'm okay with paying taxes because they pay for education, roads, police, and firefighters.
whereisthebalance
Lots of taxes and no healthcare make Jack a dull boy
OrbitalDuck
"Lots of taxes" As a Swede allow me to laugh. (Don't get me wrong I like having that much in tax since it helps other people alot)
Treblaine
There are lots of taxes of REGRESSIVE taxes, the problem is not overall tax income, but how it comes so much from those unable to pay.
OrbitalDuck
While I made this comment as a joke as I really don't know much about the American tax system all I can say is "Shit is fucked over there"
Treblaine
US system is weird, like payroll taxes. Business must pay the payroll tax but it's always PER employee, so is it a personal tax or corp tax?
Treblaine
I see it as a personal tax even though employees never see or know about this money, it is a cost per employee, that could be for wages.
lovexconspiracy
I actually was taught about taxes, checks, credit cards, and credit scores in middle school. Didn't help much. Still broke as shit.
SirBrendan
The whole 'taxes are theft' is a uniquely American narrative. Money is a social unit. Its value is derived only from the society it supports
ThePartyLeader
He'll be fine with them when he gets his first social security check.
Theamazingpop
Except he won't.
iantollewellyn
UncivilizedEngie
Or if he drives on a road, or is surrounded by literate people.
GapingAnalCavity
All equally unlikely and getting rarer by the year.
UncivilizedEngie
Jasperman62
No.. because if he invested that same money outside the government he would be waaaay ahead and would be able to pass on if he died 1/2
Jasperman62
SS bnfts die with u and the return sucks ass. If a company were to offer this plan ..no one would buy it..we are just forced to
ThePartyLeader
That's why it has almost an 80% approval rating and is one of the most popular Government programs in existence, it's because people hate it
Jasperman62
Its "popular" because you have no choice if people knew how much better their money would grow and given an alternative no one would buy ss
ThePartyLeader
401k isn't guaranteed neither are other private investments. Social security is.
Jasperman62
This is pretty good.. .http://www.learnliberty.org/videos/social-security-vs-private-retirement-accounts/
ThomasW687
Do you get instantly taxed in America? UK you have to earn a certain criteria to be taxed
ilovebreakfastburritos
His parents probably claim him as a dependent. They get a tax cut; he pays his share.
rocketturttle
he has to pay into several "employment" taxes. his income should be low enough he gets all income tax back at the end of the year
SomeOldGuy
Rates depend on the state you live in. And seven states have no income tax.
newold
You can request some taxes not be removed for obvious things like kids, if you're poor enough you can get most of your tax money back in 1/
newold
2/ yearly tax return, but you've totally given the government a zero interest loan in the meantime.
ICantThinkOfAU
Most of us self-employed people in the UK actually do get instantly taxed. Large construction firms and the like will remove 20% from your1/
ICantThinkOfAU
pay before you receive it. So you claim any overpaid tax (first 11k is tax-free) back at the end of the year in your self-assessment 2/2
ThomasW687
I work in payroll UK the reason you get 20% tax is because you or your employer hasn't provided your P45 or new starter checklist to tax man
ICantThinkOfAU
Like I said, I'm talking about self-employed work
ThomasW687
Ahh I see!
fullofsowle
You get taxed regardless here. Even if you're a waitress making $2.75 an hour. Still taxed.
XaiaX
There is "withholding", which is why every year so many people get a "tax return" where they get the amount they overpaid back.
Ioftenpretendtobeapotato
*Refund. "Tax Return" is the document you file
XaiaX
Yeah. I clarified in the next reply, but I'd already hit enter so it's stuck that way.
XaiaX
If you calculate your withholding wrong, you get a big refund, or you underpaid and have to pay a penalty.
ThomasW687
Nice to learn something new, thanks!
XaiaX
Yeah, with the "standard deduction" a lot of people end up paying little or no income tax, especially people with kids.
XaiaX
But, they pay the withholding and then get it back, so it takes a psychological impact. Separate to that is social security taxes.
EGOT
Yeah, but he's probably not making above the poverty line so come tax time he's going to get literally all of it back.
rocketturttle
except employment taxes
EGOT
That's 5.75%
rocketturttle
That's just the FUTA. +7.65% federal FICA, +State & occasional local taxes
EGOT
TN for example. But TN hits you with that sales tax.
EGOT
No where I've lived (7 states, even more municipalities) has ever charged more than I think 1.5%. If anything. And some states, no state tax
XanderWrites
Surprised there were enough to make a large dent in the paycheck. More like "they only pay me that much?"
epoke
Congrats. You're finally pitching in for all this infrastructure and all these public services!
nix711
Cool story bro
sundayturkey
I do love that people who complain about taxation online are using government-funded technologies to do so.
astronomypictures
and the weid bailouts and stealth bombers never to be used.
Darthwaffler
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... sorry America.
EvanMacIan
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2013/04/01/infrastructure-gap-look-at-the-facts-we-spend-more-than-europe/#3b989ad95bf6
somepersondoingsomethings
And $8 million in Visit New York! signs....in new york
Idkimadeanaccountjustforthis
NY sucks
Janusha
War.. Its called war. Thats what youre paying for. 80% of the average persons income taxe ends up in the military industrial complex.
savageworld
That hasn't been true for decades.
MittenMagick
Hmmmm... Either you think we spend under $1 trillion, or you think military spending takes up about $3 trillion..... Both are really false.
Janusha
Private peoples income taxes make out only a fraction of the total Federal budget and military spending is far more than the defense budget.
MittenMagick
Do we have any reason to think that private people's taxes and the other taxes don't all go into the same pool? What other category would >
MittenMagick
< that other military spending fall under? And how does that overcome the $1 trillion that is spent on Social Security?
KeisatsuOtaku
KeisatsuOtaku
16% is the number. https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/policy-basics-where-do-our-federal-tax-dollars-go
Janusha
Well... As with all the numbers over there, there is the official crap and then there is the real number. 16% is what we call "bullshit"
leodavinci1
Yep. Military and Social benefit spending are about equal parts of the federal budget and together they account for about 70-80% of it
sugarmagnolia709
"Who's FICA? Why's he gettin all my money?"
Torrempesta
In italian this has a completely different meaning...
Cazzobello
Still steals all the money
RustyCatheter
I saw this, saw the top reply, realized I just started watching friends, watched the next episode of friends, now I understand the reference
tmm16
Always appreciate a good Friends reference!
BrockFromPokemon
Its also a line in Family Guy!
DoctorTurkTurkleton
I thought it was a workaholics reference... Maybe they stole it from friends ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
UuTeaEff
Same
itsAone
I thought noone will get this one. Thank god im not that old yet
DonkeyOfTroy
Haha I can probably tell you every episode if you tell me one line. And I'm 22
IMostlyCommentInGifs
Episode? I thought it was a McDonald's dollar menu commercial.
Burylown
Fellow 22m here, I think I've rewatched it 3 times over the passed 2 years.
itsAone
im 22 as well, we are not old. right? RIGHT?!
xj4low
Was a line from That 70's Show from Jackie.
xj4low
Actually, her quote was "Now I don't know who FICA is, but that bitch stole like 10% of my money." Sorry.
RyanZay
-- Rachel Green
ChimeraGryph01
It's Congress' personal spending account with an I.O.U in the vault
AgentC3
Originally a Seinfield gag.
FISHFISHWICK
fuck off rachel
Carrera26
'FICA, She do take a bite... '
ShortGirlStruggles
IloveItaly
I laughed because in italian FICA means pussy
Xtra93
Pretty much the same line is used by Jackie from That 70's Show, and Hilary from Fresh Prince as well.
Xtra93
Whoops, meant to reply to @tmm16 but too lazy to move it
MrParticleboard
He needs it for coffee dates
Queenofhearts820
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
SEGSan
This motherfica...
JordanRogers
I just watched this today!
Ordinarygirl
I just watched this yesterday. My husband hasn't seen them all *gasp*
wheresthebaby
S and ep?
JordanRogers
Pretty sure it's season 1 episode 4. I just started the series and it's right when Rachel becomes a waitress at Central perk
Calwazaki
Wait he gets taxed? How old is he? I dont get taxed.
n0n53n53
My son doesn't get taxed and he's 13, but he is also a 1099 so he'll have to set aside money
Treblaine
The education doesn't tell poor people about deductibles in the hopes that they don't apply for what they have a right to.
Deadmanwalkn
Education doesnt tell anyone anything about taxes
Treblaine
How convenient...
XaiaX
You just admitted to committing tax fraud.
Treblaine
No, most countries don't tax the first few thousand that you earn. The US only kinda does that by volunteering for deductibles.
Calwazaki
Nah I don't earn enough to get taxed in Australia, well that's my understanding anyway+ I'm under 18
LifeHasManyDoorsEddBoy
Yeah, you don't earn as much if you're less than 21 but your tax bracket (including exempt) depends on gross income.
XaiaX
Well, I don't know how it works down there. There's no distinction for age in the US. Income is income.
Calwazaki
Damn that sucks
XaiaX
If it weren't that way, people would just hide money via their children.
Treblaine
This is such a toxic attitude, that minimum wage workers applying for the deductibles they have every right to is seen as any sort of fraud.
XaiaX
What are you talking about? The response was to someone who said they don't pay tax because of their age. Nothing to do with minimum wage.
Treblaine
Guy looks like he's fresh outta highschool, with no experience they're very likely min-wage part-time = less than 10.4k/year.
XaiaX
Still don't know WTF you're talking about. This was a reply to a comment about not paying tax because of age, which isn't a thing in the US.
Treblaine
So no experience, no qualifications, and no connections, who is going to pay that much for them?
RichardManeuver
He discovered that he is helping the American freedom train running.
Treblaine
Also keeping Amtrak running, but at this rate more is going to Trump's Mar-A-Lago vacations.
mishalala
Far from that. He's wondering where it went.
nix711
Keep paying off that national debt. Only 20bn to go.
Crudence
How much is the American tax anyway? Thought it was really low.
MrDeadsr
Tbh that's how I look at it. The streets, the lights etc
mounty1
..the bombing of Yemeni wedding parties, bridges to nowhere, endless war on drugs, corporate welfare, prison/military industrial complex etc
Nathanyel
Yeah, I can't understand why Reps are against taxes, they pay for all the shit they like...
agnemmonicdevice
f'real... taxes aren't nothing, they pay for good shit...
ThelTGuy
The military industrial complex taking up 700+B every single year
MittenMagick
People who can't manage their money taking up $1.4 trillion every single year....
DotSlashNatalie
That is true - but so much money is wasted that can be used on parks, events, etc. I estimate several k in waste in towns near me. 1/2
DotSlashNatalie
File a FIOA request to get how much they pay for hosting or websites - some towns pay up to like $100+ for a SSL cert. 2/3
DotSlashNatalie
Which is free from Let's Encrypt.
Partytor
Good thing we live in a democracy where you're able to influence where the money you give to society is spent!
DotSlashNatalie
Not sure if you are joking - I did try calling my local government was yelled at and told that everytime they call their IT they have to pay
TanithRosenbaum
Looking at that pay stub must have been one taxing experience.
fiollan
*laughs in scandinavian
Talligan
"Dammit, I'm voting republican so I don't have to pay for taxes" "Why the hell don't they fix the roads around here"
12rt2345g342563
Why aren't these kids better educated? Why Is healthcare so expensive? Why does my internet suck? Why is my food tainted? Fuck government!
Treblaine
"Ha, take that, they're finally cutting the top rate of tax! Err... that means I'll pay less taxes on my minimum wage job right?"
mounty1
*moves to California* "Im voting Democrat to pay more taxes so the roads will be great!" "Why the hell dont they fix roads around here?!"
ICantThinkOfAU
Yeah, let's compare roads of one of the most congested and populated parts of the US to rural areas, that's totally fair obviously
cbale2000
darkdragonempress
If roads went from gov funded to corporate things would get pretty terrible.
Treblaine
It can never work as there's no possible payment model of use of something so vast and sprawling with otherwise unlimited access.
cbale2000
GPS could be used very easily to track where people drive and bill only for miles used. Get a bill once a month in the mail.
cbale2000
I'd be interested to see what the costs of road maintenance are vs usage. I'd bet it would actually be very cheap to fund roads this way.
Treblaine
You want to low-jack every vehicle and have everywhere it's ever been be stored? That's a fucking terrible idea.
darkdragonempress
Toll roads are a possibility but they'd be a lot of hassle and people would get fed up real quick.
cbale2000
Perhaps, but that sounds to me like there's room for innovation in the field of hassle-free means of road tolling.
Treblaine
Toll roads work for the very few places where people only go on them to immediately go to the exit and control entry.
Treblaine
The 10% where it can't work you can't charge at all, how do you toll for every house in a town connecting to the businesses?
Treblaine
And also, toll roads... don't work. 90% of the time they will be a monopoly, one option, one price, every incentive for it to go up and up.
YeahFairiesWearBootsNala2011
He can just cheat his taxes.
Whwat
That would make him `smart'
monkeyscout
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
A republican is born.
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Actually republicans/Rightist politicians are FOR hierarchies in things like economy, I think he'd be a libertarian, pushing for equality.
penguinfool3938
or he's realized his bosses aren't actually paying him as much as they said and a leftist is born
James19961996
*Libertarian.
MemeStealingSkeleton
Inb4 the hur dur roads meme
venomlash
I was gonna downvote you, but then I read your username and reconsidered. You're safe for now...
Orleanskat
Because government should be for free.
Treblaine
"We've got to cut our taxes" "how about we cut the top rate of tax" "I'm not going to look into it and presume that's in my benefit"
tazednconfused
LRidge
not to generalize, but did you see his hat? He was probably already a republican.
QuantumSupersexposition
The mitochondria are the power house of the cell
HyunJ00n
To be more specific, the ATP synthase and the inner mitochondrial membrane, is the power house of the cell. #apbiology
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
Just calculated that 24 septillion mitochondria could power a pair of GE F404 jet engines for another post.
angrytaco
This is very important information. I happen to be working on a mitochondria powered jet engine
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
Then have I got a deal for you!
A1ekazam
With hope and maturity a future libertarian.
A1ekazam
Sheesh some people can't take a joke.
Soolie
My only beef with libertarians is that they swear they are about protecting our rights but fight against burning the flag which the 1/2
Soolie
Supreme court has decided multiple times, falls under the first amendment.
Laaub
Yeah but it's a respect issue. There is a time and place for flag burning, your candidate losing is not one of those times. 1/2
Laaub
Flags are only supposed to be burned to retire them and even then only when done by someone who can do it respectfully. 2/2
Laaub
That being said I agree with you that there is some hypocrisy in that aspect of the libertarian platform.
12rt2345g342563
Libertarians are just embarrassed republicans. They want all of the same terrible shit republicans do. With even more greed.
dustindhansen
They want the government to NOT waste money. It's pretty simple really. Privatize as much of the government as possible and let capitalism
dustindhansen
sort out the rest.
darkdragonempress
That's actually a really terrible plan. Capitalism is only good when you have a safety net and proper regulation. Otherwise shit gets rough.
eclect0
"So wait, if we just let the poor starve my taxes will go down?" -- that kid, achieving "hope" and "maturity"
MoreCowBellBaby
So if no one dicks with my shit I earned, I will have enough left over to help who I see fit?
ImAShittyTransAm
Have you heard of scale of economy?
MoreCowBellBaby
Which has to do with it being cheaper per unit to produce goods in large amounts yes.
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
Diseconomy of scale is also a thing.
eclect0
Right, because who lives and who dies should be down to your own personal judgment.
vipermx138
If it's what I've worked to earn and provide for my family, you're goddamn right that I get to decide.
missbelled
Only problem being that historically, "who I see fit" has tended to mean "me, again."
eclect0
In a sense, the altruists of the world are the only reason the wealthy aren't all alone, starving because there is no one left to feed them.
agnemmonicdevice
I mean, you know, fuck roads, streetlights, medicare, medicaid, firefighters, police, housing regs, transit, air travel regs, internet, NASA
CringeMetal
To play devil's advocate, libertarians aren't exactly against a police force, it's the ancaps who prefer paid mercenaries as a substitute
cmdebard
No, those things are great, just privatize them! That's really what libertarianism is about. If you don't think it works look at spacex
agnemmonicdevice
Every road is a toll road, coin-operated streetlights, fuck the retired, fuck the poor, firefighters and cops work for shareholders...
agnemmonicdevice
Also, SpaceX only works because the government is giving them plenty of startup capital. And also all that NASA R&D
dyingallthetime
Yeah, but what did the Romans ever do for us?
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
One step at a time.
cmdebard
There are dozens of us
Thisiscoolshit
Dozens!
JMensch
We are the 1%!
tazednconfused
The other kind of 1%.....
TatersWhatsTatersPrecious
you mean a fiscal conservative. fuck the modern republican party
muurkybrown
The current administration is not the Republican party I grew up with.
BlakeTortilla
At this point it's not the Republican party ANYONE grew up with.
triedtothinkofausernamethatwasntalreadytaken
I dont understand why Americans pay tax because you pay so much but get so little I mean your government wastes most of it
badleagaladvice
Most ?!!!!! All !!!
Jasperman62
Exactly! Read up on some examples http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/70852
Hyarrrr
Military and wars? I suppose killing people is better cause than keeping one alive or educated.
DiarrheaTsunami
Killing the bad people is worth it.
MechanusIncarnate
They spend more on healthcare per person than Canada (somehow without getting any), and more on military than most other countries combined.
StrangelyGrimm
Exactly. I'm all for reducing the spending and power of the federal government. It's mostly a burden, anyways.
triedtothinkofausernamethatwasntalreadytaken
your public schools are so underfunded its a damn travesty
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
Because we don't have a say in the matter.
triedtothinkofausernamethatwasntalreadytaken
Must suck
Jasperman62
Yes u do... no tax cuts if H had been elected.. maybe a tax hike even
armeggedonCounselor
Let's face it, there was little hope for him to begin with.
therealijw
I liked this comment a lot
Tr1gg3rH4ppy
Says the snarky dousche who's probably in his 30's still mooching off his parents while this kid is out earning money already.
armeggedonCounselor
24, in college, and working. But keep projecting. It's kind of adorable. Oh, and the word is spelled "douche."
Tr1gg3rH4ppy
Tr1gg3rH4ppy
You look like a child molester though
orangedoorhinge
I'm pretty sure no one enjoys paying taxes, it's just something that's part of living in a civilized society.
orangedoorhinge
peter puts it the best I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_-w_T-t8aM
ApolloTheSpaceFox
I wish I could pay more in taxes
BayazTheBenevolent
I do. I like paying tax to support public education, road maintenance and public works. I like living in a country that's well maintained.
BayazTheBenevolent
I'd rather give away half of my earnings to support all that than live in some semi third-world desert like some US states.
badleagaladvice
They tax us too much and just blow up things in the Middle East
Ravenwing14
My big problem is that people trying to get around taxes has made it so complicated at to be a giant chore.
lysani
I have no problem with taxes when they are being used properly. Most taxes around the world are not used properly.
somepersondoingsomethings
Most people wouldn't complain about government if it stuck to the basics of running a civilized society.
xyzzyb
I enjoy it. But I can also afford to enjoy it.
Manieman
I like knowing mine goes to helping my country support its citizens with free healthcare and all that
lostnortherner
I think Americans would be much happier paying taxes if they saw more of their tax money going to things that directly benefit their lives.
DotheBabyIsaac
Yeah, these roads have no benefit to me. The police? Nah, dispense with them. Public school? Never went..
lostnortherner
The roads need fixing, bridges are in a terrible state, public schools are horribly underfunded, most kids can't afford college etc etc
DotheBabyIsaac
You're moving the goalposts. Regardless of their condition, aren't those things that benefit people's lives?
minkeymagik
Some of us believe that we are paying disproportionately more than others. Example: Why am I paying massive Medicare and my own insurance?
darkdragonempress
Because too many people fight the idea of just expanding Medicare to all and insurance being when you want spa treatment and not basic care.
minkeymagik
The hard part is defining basic care.
darkdragonempress
It should be everything necessary. Doctor's visits, surgeries (not generally cosmetic), hospital stays. The services that someone is going 1
ag166
Civil asset forfeiture is the price we pay for a civilized society.
Steeltalon
Is that you Karl?
darkdragonempress
Oh that shit can go right to hell. I mean I get the original purpose but that corruption is ridiculous. Same with eminent domain.
ag166
whats the difference between CAF and taxes?
darkdragonempress
Taxes are the price you pay as a citizen to get the services your country offers. CAF is theft. Don't try to pretend they are the same.
strongepoxy
No one disagrees. The challenge is what's the right rate? When does taxation turn to confiscation turn to slavery?
chrishallett83
Never, and definitely absolutely never.
MittenMagick
For income tax? 0%. Property tax? 0%. Death tax? 0%. You should not have to pay taxes purely because you exist with a roof over your head.
NightButtFairyHawk
Amazing that you'd get dowvoted for saying, "No, you don't have a MORAL right to take my money."
MittenMagick
Kinda shows how entitled people are, no?
idontlikehats
In my country you don't pay for existing. Only income tax and a 15%tax on purchases. It's perfectly possible to go bush here and survive.
MittenMagick
Income tax is a tax for existing. You can't get any money for food without that money leaving your hands.
Steeltalon
But how is the gov't gonna get my free shit? Pay up, racist.
BeefFlaps
You can live in a civilized society and not pay taxes. Just start living off the grid.
12rt2345g342563
Do you have any idea how dumb this statement is?
BeefFlaps
Sorry can't hear you. To much freedom out here where literally no one can find me.
KingKrown
AsianDad
But I like paying taxes..... so I can have basic infrastructure(roads, bridges, school, water, power).
MittenMagick
Then let's make taxes voluntary. You can convince people to contribute to a fund to better their lives without stealing it from them.
mounty1
Transportation, education, and energy are a total of 6% of the federal budget. The same amount that we spend paying interest on the debt....
Smufflan
GuyThatRealizesFemalesAreConfusing
But do you like paying for welfare ? I for sure don't :D I. Would rather pay it to the military:D
BaronSpaghetti
Of course you would! Lockheed Martin must protect your pussy ass!
Jaboticaba
Lockheed Martin is a welfare queen. Look at the numbers, corporate welfare is orders of magnitude worse than individual welfare programs.
Jaboticaba
The US military has a larger budget than the second through 11th countries in the world combined. Screams of waste and bureaucracy.
darkdragonempress
I'd prefer the welfare system expand to get rid of that donut hole where you can't survive alone but don't qualify for help.
cjmax630
Problem is, politicians tend to talk about infrastructure then most of the revunes go somewhere else (in my state, public pensions)
catapulter
what if i told that your taxes mainly sponsor a huge ineffective bureaucracy?
MOTHERFUCKINGLUCIFERMORNINGSTAR
Then it sounds like I'm getting exactly what i expected
AmazinglyCoolNameHere
But the infrastructure is there, so it works. Maybe it could be better, but you shouldn't ignore what it does achieve.
catapulter
some things they do well, some thing id rather the city would handle, or even i can do better myself.
17achitturi
Yeah, tell that to the poor saps over in Flint.
ApolloTheSpaceFox
Our newest mayor has been withholding funds for the water recovery program. Politics here is so fucked up.
Mavgurian
But you still have trees and a good length of rope, no?
RisingSol
I'm poor as shit and still appreciate the hell out of paying taxes. Taxes help keep water clean and kids in school. What's not to love?
Jasperman62
This ..read up,and weep http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/70852
BayazTheBenevolent
Arrrrgh filthy socialist just stop being poor and homeschool your kids! They only teach the devils' lore in public school anyway! REEEEEE /s
ApolloTheSpaceFox
As a citizen of Flint. HahahahhahahahahahhahahHHahahaha
Acquisitor
So sorry for y'all's predicament, man. Hope they don't take your Medicaid/health insurance away along with your clean water.
USD1
I'm fine with those good things but I'd love if congress would stop wasting money like it'll fucking rot if they don't.
rossimus
Careful there youre starting to sound like a responsible member of society
17achitturi
It's cute that you think the American taxpayer's money is spent effectively. When President Trump builds the wall, he'll be using your money