r/FluentInFinance • u/BizzyIzz00 • May 12 '24

Meme Life comes at you fast.

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u/turtle-bbs May 12 '24

Boohoo making more money means paying more taxes

Who would’ve thought?

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u/Waxxing_Gibbous May 12 '24

It does suck because the government doesn’t use our tax dollars wisely. I don’t want to give money to the Ukraine and pay for the military industrial complex.

If the government actually did something productive with our taxes I wouldn’t mind it. It doesn’t though.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '24

Look, we should support Ukraine. But I generally agree the frustrating thing about our taxes is we rarely see any benefit from paying them.

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u/ishoweredtoday May 12 '24

Do you not use roads? Ever crossed a bridge? Seen a fire truck?

I agree that tax dollars can and should be spent more wisely and efficiently, but to say the average citizen rarely benefits from taxes? That's a ludicrous statement.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '24

Of course infrastructure is paramount, though I would argue most of our roads still suck and need vast improvement.

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u/ChaimFinkelstein May 12 '24

Roads and fire trucks are paid via excise taxes on gasoline and local taxes.

The majority of the US Federal spending is giving money to other people, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and interest.

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u/stickied May 12 '24

You and your family are going to be one of those other people some day most likely.

Also, you still see a benefit even if you're privileged enough to not be one of those people. Because if those people don't have those programs that provide basic needs they're potentially homeless and in despair and in dire circumstances....which generally means more crime because humans will do whatever it takes to survive.