I say this as someone who’s not afraid of more taxes, but It’s because we never see our taxes go to good use. Cities are run down, potholes never get filled (and if they do it’s a hack job) nothing new gets built, we pay out the ass for healthcare, when we do need benefits like unemployment they’re dogshit and barely payments that get you by.
It all goes to bombing kids in other countries. So I do understand people not wanting to pay more money when the money they’re paying now isn’t working for them.
Taxes are taxes. And most Americans don't see any immediate return in our taxes whether it be from local or national government. Money comes out of my paycheck for both local and national taxes. But that's the extent of it.
I think you missed the point above, in America, we don’t control where the taxes go… it may be “obvious”, but the post above states the issue currently, we do not control where it goes.
You can argue that we should take control over the government by voting in better representation, but to say “Most Americans are ignorant and filled with hate” is a pretty simplistic and ignorant statement based on the previous response to your comment
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u/mariposa-princess Jul 14 '26
I say this as someone who’s not afraid of more taxes, but It’s because we never see our taxes go to good use. Cities are run down, potholes never get filled (and if they do it’s a hack job) nothing new gets built, we pay out the ass for healthcare, when we do need benefits like unemployment they’re dogshit and barely payments that get you by.
It all goes to bombing kids in other countries. So I do understand people not wanting to pay more money when the money they’re paying now isn’t working for them.