r/collapse • u/AlbaneseGummies327 • Aug 11 '22

Politics Historians privately warn Biden: America’s democracy is on the brink

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/10/biden-us-historians-democracy-threat/
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u/Terminarch Aug 11 '22

Or, hear me out... simplify the tax code. Then you can fire half those assholes and save tax dollars and still have less workload AND reduce rich loopholes all in one fell swoop!

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u/hollyberryness Aug 11 '22

Just send a bill for taxes and let us pay it.

Better yet (and even more unlikely) let us choose how to allocate our taxes, at least a little. I would love to weight my tax payments in favor of medical, education and things like libraries and parks, and less so towards more endless military spending and corporate bailouts.

Oh, and a friggin receipt, I want to make sure my money went where it should have. GD corrupt government owes us transparency and accountability.

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u/magnoliasmanor Aug 11 '22

Would love to see it.

Good luck with that.

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u/steezburglar Aug 11 '22

But we need at least 80-90% of all jobs to be pointless or else we won’t have as many jobs and people won’t be able to afford to pay people to do pointless jobs