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Patricia Lane's avatar

One more example of corruption in this country propagated by greedy Republicans and one of their grandmasters , Reagan.

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There is nothing wrong with expecting our tax dollars to make or save money for us. In fact, if our tax dollars DO NOT make or save money for us, that spending needs to end. Let's look at two examples.

Libraries => rather than me rattle off statistics that vary over time, Google "contributions of libraries". The short version is that libraries are an IMMENSELY profitable use of our tax dollars. And guess what, libraries have found themselves obsolete and needing to catch up dozens of times, yes, dozens. If they are behind, let's try listening to the professionals who know the most, librarians, guaranteed they could earn us more than selling off these assets. Nope, what they are worth, nobody could afford.

War => I'm trying to think of ANY return for my taxes. Surely this must be high return, it gets almost 90% of my taxes. Instead, they pay some kids ONE PERCENT of what they take, then hand the other 99% to CEOs according to their ability to buy our government. As for what they provide, it's entirely negative. This war in Ukraine that we are fighting by proxy - its main accomplishment is massive rivers of profits flowing into the pockets of US, Russian, and European oligarchs. The media leads with tragic stories about civilians and heroic stories of Ukrainian fighters, but these people are fighting for their survival, not to entertain us. While we all were distracted, full revenue was restored to all the Russian Kleptocrats, and not for political reasons, because of how our global economy works. Wars make the most criminal of criminal operations look amateur when viewed in terms of ROI.

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