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Originally Posted by sck5
I am often puzzled by the seeming inability of rightwingers to see the connection between the taxes they pay and the things that those taxes buy.
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That's just it. We DO see the connection between the taxes we pay and the things those taxes buy. I think we look at it from a different direction. Instead of saying "I hate paying my taxes but it buys wonderful things" which it does, we would say "the govt is buying (giving away, subsidizing, bailing out) what??? Why the hell would I want to pay for that????"
I think you're barking up the wrong tree when preaching about how patriotic it is to pay your taxes to support our military and coast guard. I believe it's the liberals who are always complaining about how much we spend on our military while poor people here in america can't pay their cell phone bill.