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<blockquote data-quote="Garraty_47" data-source="post: 1186142" data-attributes="member: 1547">Taxes don't fund anything in a fiat monetary system. Congress creates dollars through appropriations and taxes delete money from circulation; taxes exist primarily to ensure a steady demand for dollars (needed to pay taxes) and thus prop up the currency's valuation.Taxes have been weaponized like everything else in a predatory capitalist system and part of that weaponization is the Big Lie that any/everything is &quot;taxpayer funded&quot;. That's only an excuse *not* to spend money on programs to benefit citizens instead of transferring wealth to oligarchs and the military industrial complex.There's always a blank check for more war or to bail out wall street but programs to improve the lives of citizens are constantly stonewalled with the ol' &quot;how ya gonna pay for that?&quot; bullshit. An exhausted scared and desperate populace is easier to control and less likely to revolt.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Garraty_47, post: 1186142, member: 1547"] Taxes don't fund anything in a fiat monetary system. Congress creates dollars through appropriations and taxes delete money from circulation; taxes exist primarily to ensure a steady demand for dollars (needed to pay taxes) and thus prop up the currency's valuation. Taxes have been weaponized like everything else in a predatory capitalist system and part of that weaponization is the Big Lie that any/everything is "taxpayer funded". That's only an excuse *not* to spend money on programs to benefit citizens instead of transferring wealth to oligarchs and the military industrial complex. There's always a blank check for more war or to bail out wall street but programs to improve the lives of citizens are constantly stonewalled with the ol' "how ya gonna pay for that?" bullshit. An exhausted scared and desperate populace is easier to control and less likely to revolt. [/QUOTE]

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