Can I PLEASE Get my Tax Dollars Back?

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HusamLah said:
why do you think you can pick and choose what your taxes support? should this option be available to all citizens?
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Not that it's EVER possible, but:

We should pay basic taxes; for schools, hospitals, and other basic public programs, even transportation. But we should be given optional choices such as paying for "interventions" and "efforts/struggles."

If the war isn't for the total and truly unquestionable defense of our nation, we should not question it, but if its for a lesser cause, no way should we pay!

But that's just a fantasy. :uhwhat :-\
 
Idealisticaly if we lived in a perfect country there would be not problem with paying taxes for military support as that would only be used for defense. We do have a duty to pay that which is used to defend us.

The problem comes in the modern world as to when does defense slip over to offensive. The same war materail we need for adequate self defence can and often will be used for reasons we do not want.

Hard question, how do we pay for our needs without financing what we oppose?
 
I would have thought that there would be some sort of gain through these acts of war, but not once have I heard anything good come out of them...
 
I blame hitler he should have become a postman or something instead of the leader of germany

because of his defeat America became the most powerfull nation on earth

50% of the post war goods came out of the factories of the United States

it bassicly had a monopoly over the other nations that just came out of a bloody war fought on their turfs and they bought their products from america and america helped them with the M plan

very smart indeed

then the americans strengthen their economic powerhouse even further with WTO and Worldbank

now they have a GDP as big as all of the European countries put together and they can play captain america all across the globe and still take care of russia and china on the side if they try something

dahir i support you :happy: get your dollars back quik
 
AHMED_GUREY said:
I blame hitler he should have become a postman or something instead of the leader of germany

because of his defeat America became the most powerfull nation on earth

50% of the post war goods came out of the factories of the United States

it bassicly had a monopoly over the other nations that just came out of a bloody war fought on their turfs and they bought their products from america and america helped them with the M plan

very smart indeed

then the americans strengthen their economic powerhouse even further with WTO and Worldbank

now they have a GDP as big as all of the European countries put together and they can play captain america all across the globe and still take care of russia and china on the side if they try something

dahir i support you :happy: get your dollars back quik
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Economicaly Japan seems to be making the greatest gains in Industry. Nearly every electrical componant you buy will have been from a Japanese compny. Same with automobiles, they are taking the lead. Japan actually has several Automobile factories here in the US. Not long Back Japan was negotiating to extablish military bases in the US. The first try was to build a Japanese naval base in Mississippi. (that deal was declined, but one day?????)

Money wise Qatar has the highest income per capita in the world.

It is true the US does have the largest economy in the world, but it is very diverse and many American Businesses are located outside the US.

Each year the US produces less of it's own products and depends more on imported goods. It is hard to find any item in a store that is 100% American made. so far the only products that the US does not depend on other nations for is food. One of our few true exports.

Today when we buy an american product the label will say something like "Produced in Taiwan, Assembled in Mexico"
 
KAding said:
No, representative democracy doesn't work that way.
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That's why I'm for DIRECT Democracy, old fashioned Town Hall Democracy!

But this isn't a tribe, this is a 300-million-person Republic. :-\

I smell a Revolt - time to take lessons from the French - they've had more Revolts than entire continents! :D

Money wise Qatar has the highest income per capita in the world.
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Remember that chart you had Woodrow - and how it was ADJUSTED and overly INFLATED. Remember I and several other posters corrected you. Luxembourg leads - but Luxembourg is a fantastyland of sorts...Norway and U.S. are tied for highest GDP per capita. Qatar led in PPP per capita - which is innefective and adjusted and not even widely used.
 
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AvarAllahNoor said:
Wonder what happened to these so-called muslim countires when the massacres were happening!! :rollseyes
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Must I say it again? Invading Serbia was not exactly "saving Islam."

Serbia was an up and coming Nationalist Socialist Republic - remember the last Nationalist Socialist Republic in Europe? The NAZIS!!

The US funded Albanian guerilla groups to fight the Serbian National Socialits, but the Serbs had a hunger to succeed, so they won. Then, like all wars, atrocities began. After the Serbs had gotten a strong enough foothold, the US struck!

I'd much rather the US "save" Rwandans at that time period.
 
Dahir said:
Must I say it again? Invading Serbia was not exactly "saving Islam."

Serbia was an up and coming Nationalist Socialist Republic - remember the last Nationalist Socialist Republic in Europe? The NAZIS!!

The US funded Albanian guerilla groups to fight the Serbian National Socialits, but the Serbs had a hunger to succeed, so they won. Then, like all wars, atrocities began. After the Serbs had gotten a strong enough foothold, the US struck!

I'd much rather the US "save" Rwandans at that time period.
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No, but it was coming to the aid of fellow muslims, no? Or was it the fact that US, had funded the albanians, and that was enough for muslims to think, they were siding with the 'infidels' they decide not to intervene!!

It's a case of '****ed if you do and ****ed if you don't'!
 
Why do you guys use bold font? We'll still notice you're post without it, don't worry.
 
Far7an said:
Why do you guys use bold font? We'll still notice you're post without it, don't worry.
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My reason is, it looks much nicer. I use the bold function on all the forums i use, it's not so my post stands out more! :happy:
 
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Dahir: If you think your taxes are bad in the U.S, then come to the U.K.

17.5 % vat on everything [MAD][/MAD]

I dont even wanna begin talking about the other taxes we pay.

I need to move to one of those tax haven countries. I heard Brazil is good at this time of year.
 
Durrah said:
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Dahir: If you think your taxes are bad in the U.S, then come to the U.K.

17.5 % vat on everything [MAD][/MAD]

I dont even wanna begin talking about the other taxes we pay.

I need to move to one of those tax haven countries. I heard Brazil is good at this time of year.
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I think taxation is better in Europe, where many people make the decision - like a lot of sensable people. The US is the worst - even if our tax rate was 7% total, reagan-era, we still would pay the majority for war and other useless nonsense.
 

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