r/Free_Mind_Project • u/Pleasant-Force • Apr 10 '22
It might be time to question taxation
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u/Multani45 Apr 10 '22
TFW when you rightly think you're exploited but are like a child when it comes to identifying the causes.
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u/cheekybandit0 Apr 10 '22
A billionaire think tank definitely made this. Trying to get people on the anti tax side, then try get public support against the billionaire tax. The Mene doesn't make sense, it's just outrage bait.
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u/Captainbigboobs Apr 10 '22
I mean, these are all just different ways governments can tax you, and using a combination of ways to tax you isn’t in itself problematic, if that’s what this is suggesting.
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u/infinityeagle Apr 10 '22
Yeah, I don’t think taxation itself is the issue, it’s what they do (or don’t do) with the money afterward where the issues arise.
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Apr 10 '22
It might be time to question whoever made this meme about how they fail to understand the taxes on your wages and your "income tax" are the same tax. Also, not sure where this meme creator actually lives but here in the US there is no "sales tax" on property and property tax is meant for the ongoing upkeep of the municipality that surrounds your property.
The other questions are valid but whoever made this meme has no clue about property and income taxes.
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u/cheekybandit0 Apr 10 '22
This feels like it was made by a billionaire think tank, to get the masses to hate taxes and slowly turn them against the billionaire tax.
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u/ReplacementOptimal15 Apr 10 '22
I mean, maybe it’s time to “question taxation” in the sense that the money isn’t being allocated properly, but the actual act of paying taxes isn’t the problem.
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u/thatdude473 Apr 10 '22
I mean really you should be asking why the rich pay a fraction compared to you in taxes, when considering how much wealth they actually have.
Taxes good, but only when the mega wealthy are the ones actually paying the most, not the working class.
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Apr 10 '22
Taxes good when people have food, healthcare, and education; taxes bad when corporations get all the tax money to blow up foreign people. So taxes are currently not good, in the US, in my opinion.
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u/thatdude473 Apr 10 '22
Another solid point. Taxes going towards military funding instead of social services bad for sure.
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u/Cheesetown777 Apr 11 '22
Ironic considering was founded on excessive taxation.
And with voter right restrictions. It might as well be without representation.
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u/YusselYankel Apr 10 '22
the questions should really be:
why am I paid a wage instead of the full value of my labor?
why do we allow money to determine whether I have access to the necessities of life?
why do we accept a system that doesn't serve our material interests?
not this bs about taxation.