Resentment over student loan forgiveness

[vlyons]

Oh you don't like that your tax money paid off some student loans? Yeah, well I don't like that my taxes go to the military/industrial complex -- AKA the war machine. Aid to Israel, regime changes, or the fossil fuel industries.

[walkingman]

1. Exactly...I'll second that... I do not support US foreign policy and haven't for a long time.

I also do not like paying Texas property taxes of which the major percentage is school taxes since I do not have children. I've never complained about it because I think we all benefit from an educated population. However I do not support funding religious schools, vouchers, charter, or any other variation of alternative public education. The primary reason our taxes go up is that Texas has cut education funding every year and pushed the burden on taxpayers instead of using their precious fossil fuel revenue. They have no problem giving businesses tax cuts, subsidizing some of the most profitable businesses, or raising holy hell if cities try to raise their minimum wage or help their citizens.

I don't remember anyone being held accountable for the 2008 bank bailouts or the 1.7T tax cut for the wealthy or for the increasing military budget, or the 450B to bailout farmers because TFG put tariffs on China.

The GOP can go straight to hell.....

[vlyons]

5. When I was a college student in 1966 at the Univ of Texas Austin

My geology professor said that if we drive by an oil field in Texas, count every 10th oil well, and when the arm goes down the 4th time, that's one for UT. My tuition per semester was $125.

[Pantagruel]

2. Wouldn't be an issue

if we subsidized higher education like most civilized, advanced countries. Just think of the loan forgiveness as subsidies if it makes you feel better.

[KarenS]

3. Exactly. n/t

[PuraVidaDreamin]

4. I wish

we could rank where our taxes went and how much to each cause

1 Environmental Protection 20%
2 Education 20 %
3 Universal Health care 20%
4 Infrastructure 15%
5 Small Farms 15 %
6 Science and Technology 9%
7 National Security 1%

[drmeow]

6. There is so much sh**

the federal government does with my tax dollars that I don't agree with, I can't even list them all. That's why we vote, y dumbasses!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. While we're on the subject of taxes...

Elected officials should be paid the median income of their constituency.