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by rlt 1445 days ago
> Meh the government doesn't need more money to conduct frivolous and corrupt spending with.

I agree with that, but they could just, you know, lower taxes on the lower and middle class to balance it out.

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Or do something useful and somewhat efficient with the money. Eg: good, reliable public school, roads, network infrastructures, renewable energy sources.

I’m a US tax payer since less than a decade. My experience is that I pay a significant portion of my incomes to taxes that only marginally benefit me or folks around me.

Recent uptick of direct distribution is nice.

But a leadership in the stewarding of the land would be tasteful and send the right message IMO.

It’s fascinating to see the Western European countries I’m familiar with being blinded by the economic might of the US but not realizing how little the average citizen benefit from it.