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I wonder why we cant fund social programs (Original Post)
MelissaB
Mar 2018
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Because we spend most of our tax money on building things to kill people,
Ferrets are Cool
Mar 2018
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Ferrets are Cool
(21,059 posts)1. Because we spend most of our tax money on building things to kill people,
and destroy cities, then spend more tax money to rebuild them so we can destroy them again.
Why would it have anything to do with Bezos? He doesn't write tax laws.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)3. No, he just takes advantage of them.
The laws need to be changed so that these corporations pay their share of taxes.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,059 posts)4. Unfortunately, the laws WERE just changed
so they could pay LESS. We MUST win the November mid-terms.
shanny
(6,709 posts)2. Because we don't care to.
Poverty is a choice--a governmental choice--and it was made long ago.