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by mindcrime 4526 days ago
To me it reads like the usual right wing rhetoric, and that any tax collection is some form of evil socialism. Not quite sure how these people expect their flag waving military, for example, to be funded without the big corporation paying their fair share, but there you go.

Bunk. Being anti-tax has nothing to do with being "right wing" at all. In fact, the entire term "right wing" is 100% meaningless in modern terms.

Plenty of us who oppose taxation ALSO oppose our empire building overseas military operations, and aggressive foreign policy, and want the military rolled back to only what is required for defense of the USA. I for one want the US out of the "world police" role.

Just cutting a huge chunk out of the military budget would be a great start on reducing government spending and decreasing the tax burden.

Never understood why many Americans don't see paying tax as the ultimate act of patriotism, paying for the country they claim to love.

Our country and our government are not the same thing. And Americans have a long history of having issues with excessive taxation by the government.