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<blockquote data-quote="LarryBird" data-source="post: 4104019" data-attributes="member: 76548"><p>Your income taxes are never dropping in any drastic or meaningful way - the way they allocate those taxes may change but that's about it. </p><p></p><p>It's unclear to me why some people have such a problem with their taxes being spent on things that benefit the public and our future, such as healthcare, education, and science/technology. </p><p></p><p>But you never hear these same people complain about the fact that national defense and the interest on the national debt accounts for 35% of all income tax revenue our government collects and subsequently spends. So if you paid $12,000 in federal tax last year, congrats on giving Uncle Sam $3,000 for the military and another $1,200 to China, Saudi Arabia, and our other various creditors for the national debt.</p><p></p><p>You basically bought a 50 cal machine gun to kill somebody with, and paid for an hour with a hooker for some Saudi Prince - I'd personally rather spend that $4,200 on university research into the litany of problems we're facing or universal medical care for all, but that's me.</p><p></p><p>Alas, research/science/technology barely accounts for 1% of your income tax money, and over half of that goes to the space program alone. Meaning only 1/2 a penny of every dollar you pay in taxes goes to places like Harvard and other laboratories and research facilities that may potentially make a breakthrough on diseases that kill us, or technological knowhow that could change our way live in the future, so don't be a drama queen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LarryBird, post: 4104019, member: 76548"] Your income taxes are never dropping in any drastic or meaningful way - the way they allocate those taxes may change but that's about it. It's unclear to me why some people have such a problem with their taxes being spent on things that benefit the public and our future, such as healthcare, education, and science/technology. But you never hear these same people complain about the fact that national defense and the interest on the national debt accounts for 35% of all income tax revenue our government collects and subsequently spends. So if you paid $12,000 in federal tax last year, congrats on giving Uncle Sam $3,000 for the military and another $1,200 to China, Saudi Arabia, and our other various creditors for the national debt. You basically bought a 50 cal machine gun to kill somebody with, and paid for an hour with a hooker for some Saudi Prince - I'd personally rather spend that $4,200 on university research into the litany of problems we're facing or universal medical care for all, but that's me. Alas, research/science/technology barely accounts for 1% of your income tax money, and over half of that goes to the space program alone. Meaning only 1/2 a penny of every dollar you pay in taxes goes to places like Harvard and other laboratories and research facilities that may potentially make a breakthrough on diseases that kill us, or technological knowhow that could change our way live in the future, so don't be a drama queen. [/QUOTE]
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