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Originally Posted by ssump29
Again it's not YOUR money once you get your taxes filed and get whatever money back that you are going to get or pay whatever in, your finished you have no say. Consider it an expense to live. Otherwise I guess you can complain about how Nike, Verizon and any other company you spend your money with, chooses what they want to spend their money on. I mean because after all it's YOUR money right that they are spending?  |
I think you are as far off base as you can possibly be on how the Government of the U.S. works. It's a representative republic, so "we"(people who vote) elect people who are then allowed to make decisions on how to raise and spend tax money. Because we elect these people, we are given the right to try to influence elected officials. We have EVERY right to discuss how tax money is spent and we have EVERY right to try to influence our elected official's decisions on spending. The elected official still has the right to make their own decision, and then we have the right to vote them out if enough people disagree with how the official decides things.
It's nothing AT ALL like the private enterprises you list. Not even in the same ballpark. For instance, I don't HAVE to buy Nike. I don't HAVE to own stock in Nike. I can make a 1x purchase of Nike shoes and that can be the limit of my interaction. I have no choice but to participate in the tax structure of America for my entire life unless I want to leave the country. That's why I'm allowed to participate in choosing someone to represent me.
I hope none of this comes off as personal, but you really are in need of Civics 101.