AtlantaGaAggie said:Rittenhouse said:
I would only give to help people like that move out of that state and start up elsewhere. Not helping anybody who wants to stay in those totalitarian states.
That's fair! At least you didn't say she deserved it!
Joes said:Thank you, I've been saying this for a long while and I just get chuckles but I'm dead serious. What is the point of taxes when they create and spend money out of thin air anyway? At this point does it matter whether we're 27 trillion in debt or 45 trillion in debt or 63 trillion in debt when it'll never be paid back anyway? Instead of going in the hole 2 or 3 trillion a year why not just 6 trillion a year and stop taxing people?Helicopter Ben said:
Tax revenue? At this point there really isn't a need to tax anyone. They just print as much as they want anyways. Taxes are still around just for the illusion of some semblance of fiscal responsibility. More importantly though, as a way to control people.
Yep, I totally agree.Helicopter Ben said:Joes said:Thank you, I've been saying this for a long while and I just get chuckles but I'm dead serious. What is the point of taxes when they create and spend money out of thin air anyway? At this point does it matter whether we're 27 trillion in debt or 45 trillion in debt or 63 trillion in debt when it'll never be paid back anyway? Instead of going in the hole 2 or 3 trillion a year why not just 6 trillion a year and stop taxing people?Helicopter Ben said:
Tax revenue? At this point there really isn't a need to tax anyone. They just print as much as they want anyways. Taxes are still around just for the illusion of some semblance of fiscal responsibility. More importantly though, as a way to control people.
I get the same reactions here. To clarify, states like CA in this case might care about tax revenue because they can't print. They have to rely on fed gov to bail them out (which they probably will).
As I mentioned though, there is a reason. First, if they announced such a policy, the USD would immediately begin collapsing. Anyone holding US debt, or USD for that matter, would rightfully dump whatever they had.
But the main reason I believe is control. Taxes can be used as a carrot and a stick. Want people to do something? Tax credits. Want people to stop doing something? Increase taxes. You can reward your friends and punish your enemies in the same way. Get rid of the tax system and those powers go away.
agdaddy04 said:
We've got a local coffee shop that's been fighting the restrictions since the beginning. It's caused quite the split in the town. People saying they don't care about the health of others... quite ridiculous. Recently they started a club you could buy membership to so that you could drink and dine inside still. There was a recent post in support of the shop and some women started attacking it again on the town FB page. Someone threw out a Karen joke and one of the people attacking the business made this statement: "Ok people. The term "Karen" refers to white female entitled anti-maskers. Not responsible women who follow public health orders. If we're going to insult each other, let's at least do it correctly ". Impossible to reason with these lunatics.
agdaddy04 said:
If so I bet she doesn't anymore
Actually a higher percentage of people moving from Cali to TX in general are more conservative than locals.Agsrback12 said:
Because California commies are infecting Texas after turning Cali into a hell hole.
