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worth

Public roads including the interstate system, public schools, public libraries, public parks, protection from foreign governments, protection from other people, protection from businesses, and a whole lot of other things. I'm not trying to justify high income taxes, I'm just counting

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renfield

word skywarp, with the whole moving bullshit i'm dealing with and having to do an absentee ballot, i'm afraid i'm not going to be able to vote this year.....

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Originally Posted by mesome Renfield, you are so hardcore. I feel like I should be kissing the rings on your fingers right now or something.

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Protection from business? That's a joke. Also, much of the burden for what you listed is paid for by the states worth.

Income tax? Bullshit. If my income is taxed I should get credits for all the items I consume. Instead, we pay (state) sales tax and property tax. Own an S-corp? Congrats, you're taxed on what you don't spend, preventing you from hiring more employees. Own a C-Corp? Get ready to pay income tax AND corporate tax (double taxation). Want to invest? Get ready to stroke a capital gains tax check. The icing on the cake? Paying "estimated" taxes on what the government "thinks" you'll earn. "You paid too much? Oh, sorry, you can have it back...WITHOUT interest."

bastards

The "government" should at least mail everyone a balance sheet--showing where all of our money is being spent--but that's not possible because no one really knows and there's no motivation (nothing is in it for "them") to do so.

I'm all for voting, but get a clue, the government hasn't "given" us anything. Unless you count self-serving rhetoric.

bleh

Stranger

nice submission!

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SkyWarp

Well, Comp if seeing how your money really is being spent will put you in a bad mood, you might not want to go here.

I know I'm a little pissed that the US spends 360 billion a year paying off interest on the national debt and it only spends 32 billion on education. I think it should be required that politicians know how to balance a checkbook before they can take office.

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Originally Posted by Grox Hey! I'm offended by these remarks! The Dicks of Justice, Finger-Banger Illumanati, and Drunk Entertainers Anonymous are all FINE organizations. I'm going to have my dues all paid up any day now!

NandP

DAMN, just think if the entire defense buget was in NASA. Hello pluto.

That chart really pissed me off. hehe.

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Living for today is difficult when your thinking of how it used to be yesterday. When you think of yesterday you begin thinking about the future and then you find yourself thinking about today which leads you right back to yesterday. Creation date: 31 Aug 2001 21:14:16 - Expiration date: 31 Aug 2015

renfield

ugh.....that chart makes me ill.

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-renfield
"burn my body on a windy night,
set my ashes into the bay,
let them fill the gap between love, hate, silence and screams,
and don't forget to sprinkle some, into the drinks of the fuckers i hate." -the ghost

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Originally Posted by mesome Renfield, you are so hardcore. I feel like I should be kissing the rings on your fingers right now or something.

g8rh8r

Education is largely a State/County/Local system, more than Federal. I'd like to see how much State/County/Local taxes are spent on Education. Find me a link, Sky.

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Old Painless

The big one should be defense. You guys should look at the budget of 25 years ago and compare it to now. Health and Human Services is largely a bunch hand out BS involving so-called entitlements. I don't want anything from my government except essential services like roads, defense, monetary system, and reluctantly education. I....nevermind, I could debate this for days and don't really want to do it here.

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Murtman

Amen, Brother Painless.

National Debt:
10/02/2002 $6,237,381,974,360.51

Wow, that is a shit load of cash. Anyone wanna start a collection? Pass the hat! I think I got the 51 cents in my desk.

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Jack

comp, yours and many other's money is going to very soon be raining in the forms of high-yield explosive wedding presents for Saddam....

g8rh8r

i won! not really.

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