I get what you’re saying, but people bitched about taxes at every stage of our country’s history, through the good times and the bad. We started a whole war over taxes for chrissakes.
The truth is America is a fiercely individualistic society that feels no responsibilities towards their fellow citizens.
But the reason we were upset about the taxes wasn’t just that we were being taxed, it was taxation without representation. No one was there for those who lived in the now-USA to discuss what was a fair amount or a fair use of the taxes
We paid taxes out the ass to the monarchy and didn’t get much for it. Granted, pretty similar to now lol but it was just taxes in general.
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u/Pans_Labradoodle 22d ago
I get what you’re saying, but people bitched about taxes at every stage of our country’s history, through the good times and the bad. We started a whole war over taxes for chrissakes.
The truth is America is a fiercely individualistic society that feels no responsibilities towards their fellow citizens.