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Parent Post: DOGE is basically bullshit
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breauna
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2/27/2025, 12:49:40 PM
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Well if "discretionary spending" adds up to billions, that's not nothing. I have always wondered, though... if they can just tell the Fed to print money then why are we paying taxes? The people at the very top don't need money, they are way past that. Their agendas and plans are way more important than money to them, I'm certain of it. They could bleed money for the next few generations and not even notice it. The importance of us paying taxes (when our fiat money is backed by nothing and worth nothing) must be more psychological. People like to tell themselves that they are a "good citizen" because they pay their taxes and those taxes guarantee that we have a safe and good society but I think that deep down everyone knows what could happen to them if they didn't pay their taxes and they know that they're being extorted at best and a slave at worst. I pretty much believe at this point that this whole system & reality are actually mental & spiritual and everything else is a tool or a prop and money is both.
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lan
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2/27/2025, 1:32:43 PM
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They collect taxes to control the supply of money and to "control" inflation. Along with changing interest rates and selling bonds. They don't actually use taxes to pay for anything, it just goes to the interest rate on the gov debt. That's why it's cringe when people talk about their "tax dollars" paying for whatever
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breauna
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2/27/2025, 11:49:21 PM
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It begs the question: how were we a prosperous country before income tax even existed? Apparently they're not even needed...
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lan
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2/28/2025, 1:25:33 PM
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Prior to income taxes, which were initially only imposed on the wealthiest individuals, the federal government was funded by tariffs and was also much smaller
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