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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.11.01 10:30:00 -
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Joel II X wrote:Never understood the point of it. Why pay someone money for something that want without anything in return? It's against human nature.
It's not so much against human nature as it is against Capitalistic nature. Also, most of us give up our money for things we never see any tangible return on. They're called taxes, which are primarily spent on ballistic missiles and the like.
From dust we rose through trials young as legions run through countless souls; resting dreams within the boundless nova.
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.11.01 19:12:00 -
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Joel II X wrote:DUST Fiend wrote:Joel II X wrote:Never understood the point of it. Why pay someone money for something that want without anything in return? It's against human nature. It's not so much against human nature as it is against Capitalistic nature. Also, most of us give up our money for things we never see any tangible return on. They're called taxes, which are primarily spent on ballistic missiles and the like. You speak as if we haven't turned that trait into something that is now part of us. You see it in kids all the time: not sharing unless they get something in return. Also, we give up taxes because it's mandatory by law.
You only see it in kids because they reflect their parents and the adults around them. My daughter shares with kids constantly, toys, food, her tablet or games, she compromises with kids who want to play other things etc etc, and she's just 4.
And the tax point is correct, but doesn't change the fact that most of your taxes you will never see a personal return in anything other than "our boom booms keep the boom booms over seas" which is kind of a mixed back of truth and falsities. I think it's more sad that people have to turn to the charity of strangers just to get themselves on their feet because things are so heavily stacked against the lower half of our society.
From dust we rose through trials young as legions run through countless souls; resting dreams within the boundless nova.
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.11.01 19:45:00 -
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Ripley Riley wrote:DUST Fiend wrote:And the tax point is correct, but doesn't change the fact that most of your taxes you will never see a personal return in anything other than "our boom booms keep the boom booms over seas" which is kind of a mixed back of truth and falsities. Eh, I pay taxes because of things I can see around me like roads, police, public schools, fire protection, etc. The defense spending does give me peace of mind I suppose.
I agree, if only well over 50% of our tax dollars weren't literally going up in smoke. It would nice to be over 20th in education and get above a D on our infrastructure, considering we still have the balls to claim we're "The Greatest Nation on Earth"
From dust we rose through trials young as legions run through countless souls; resting dreams within the boundless nova.
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