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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums(Seen On Facebook) "I Don't Mind Having To Pay Taxes..."
"I don't mind having to pay taxes when the poor can't.
What really pisses me off is having to pay taxes when the rich WON'T."
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(Seen On Facebook) "I Don't Mind Having To Pay Taxes..." (Original Post)
TrollBuster9090
Oct 2019
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Leith
(7,809 posts)1. KnR
It's bad enough that our hard work feeds them money. Why do we have to pay what little money we have left so they don't have to?
Karadeniz
(22,528 posts)2. Amen!
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)3. K&R,
ck4829
(35,077 posts)4. And it's really "funny" when they try to pass it off as sort of a virtue
Poor can't contribute = They're being "lazy", they need to have "skin in the game"
Rich don't contribute = They're "smart", you're "just jealous they found a loophole", it's "class warfare" to even talk about it