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Bluestocking

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1. I am okay with paying taxes

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Sat Oct 11, 2025, 01:15 PM

Oct 11

since my Federal tax payments go to:

Pay the air traffic controllers
Pay for the VA to help old and sick Veterans
Pay for programs that help the poor like WIC
Pay for arming the Ukrainians in their war against Russia
Pay for the national parks
Pay the salaries of Democratic congresspeople
Pay the TSA
Pay for the Federal highway system upkeep
Pay for NASA

None of my tax dollars go to any Republicans or ICE

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I'm the type of person who has always been proud to pay his income taxes. [View all] LuckyCharms Oct 11 OP

I am okay with paying taxes Bluestocking Oct 11 #1

Really? LuckyCharms Oct 11 #2

Unless you are paying only retirement taxes, your tax dollars are going to both ICE and the salaries of Republicans Ms. Toad Oct 11 #10

🤭 MerryBlooms Oct 11 #19

I don't understand your last line, unless it is just wishful thinking. Ferrets are Cool Oct 12 #31

" Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society." rsdsharp Oct 11 #3

I guess we still do... LuckyCharms Oct 11 #5

Reasonable question. yellow dahlia Oct 11 #15

I never complain when I pay my taxes. SamKnause Oct 11 #4

I feel the same, but now... LuckyCharms Oct 11 #6

Taxes are the price to live in a civilized country. Emile Oct 11 #7

I don't mind the people who are complaining about taxes. OldBaldy1701E Oct 12 #26

You are not alone. nt Prairie_Seagull Oct 11 #8

It is human ForgedCrank Oct 11 #9

Valid. LuckyCharms Oct 11 #11

Every year we owe about 2k in Federal taxes Lifeafter70 Oct 11 #12

I don't ForgedCrank Oct 11 #13

I understand what you are saying about hidden taxes Lifeafter70 Oct 11 #14

See My Reply To That Poster ProfessorGAC Oct 11 #17

A Bit Confusing ProfessorGAC Oct 11 #16

Thank you Lifeafter70 Oct 11 #18

All of ForgedCrank Oct 11 #20

Not All ProfessorGAC Oct 11 #21

Ok, you ForgedCrank Oct 11 #23

Equipment is not taxed directly, but those manufacturing the equipment are and they pass that along to the buyers MichMan Oct 12 #34

Hardly The Point ProfessorGAC Oct 12 #36

Now I want my taxes to go to my state mainer Oct 11 #22

That is the same argument used by those who favor eliminating federal agencies and making the states responsible MichMan Oct 12 #35

I would be happy to send my taxes to the feds mainer Oct 12 #37

Lucky Charms dlilafae Oct 12 #24

I like your statement: LuckyCharms Oct 12 #25

It's a time that calls for soul searching. Biophilic Oct 12 #27

+1. Well said. LuckyCharms Oct 12 #30

If you have to pay taxes, you're in good shape, pay them. Turbineguy Oct 12 #28

That's the way I look at it too. Haggard Celine Oct 12 #38

Paying taxes didn't bother me before the criminal mob took control. Now, I am glad I'm poor enough to be mostly untaxed Attilatheblond Oct 12 #29

I loathe those commercials..." I owed the IRS $135,000 and with the help of Ferrets are Cool Oct 12 #32

Age Old Dilemma OC375 Oct 12 #33