Subsidies

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Subsidies

Posted by Inmate51 on December 3, 2021 at 08:09:51

In Reply to: RE: I'm filling up as I type this... posted by RV817 on December 2, 2021 at 20:17:53:

"once you pay your taxes it isn't your money anymore"
"you didn't subsidize anything"

The only money that is actually "mine" is the money which I keep or give to other people voluntarily. Any other money, taken from me by force or neccessity (taxes, housing, transportation, food, etc.), wasn't really mine to begin with.

Putting a finer point on it, the various government entities can easily raise my total tax bill from say 30 percent to 80 percent, just because they decide to. So, in reality, the only money which is really mine is the money which the government and necessities don't take from me. I suppose I could just go "off the grid" and live in a homemade hut somewhere, but that would be stupid and not a decent way to live. So, I live in the U.S. as a middle class person and pay my taxes and other expenses.

Where do my tax payments go? They go to a variety of places: They go to the school district so that a lot of kids can get "free" breakfast and lunch. Is it really "free"? Are they paying for it? No. It's only free to them because I, and many other people, are paying for it. In other words, we taxpayers are subsidizing their diet. At the Federal level, oil companies get tax breaks for their exploration and drilling efforts. According to your "logic", I'm not subsidizing them. Nor am I subsidizing farming companies which get tax breaks for behaving in certain ways. Etc., etc.

The important point is this: Government at all levels need a certain amount of money to do what they want to do. It gives "breaks" to some, and therefore have to increase revenue from others, also known as subsidies. Who doesn't get that?

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Topic - Filled up today - Steve O 13:59:14 12/02/21 (21)

$1.50 /l for 91 today... - Jim Pearce 19:38:25 12/03/21 (0)

RE: Filled up today - Mike B. 07:37:05 12/03/21 (2)

Winn Dixie/Shell - srdavis2000 08:28:55 12/03/21 (1)

Giant/Shell does it here - Jack G 09:58:34 12/03/21 (0)

European gas prices.... - Robert J 06:10:02 12/03/21 (1)

RE: European gas prices.... - pictureguy 23:17:27 12/03/21 (0)

RE: Filled up today - fantja 21:44:03 12/02/21 (1)

Absolutely? - Steve O 04:57:41 12/03/21 (0)

And what were you paying ... - emailtim 18:28:27 12/02/21 (1)

RE: And what were you paying ... - Steve O 19:50:18 12/02/21 (0)

The price of gas has always been a hot button. - srdavis2000 16:29:23 12/02/21 (0)

RE: Filled up today - RGA 16:03:10 12/02/21 (1)

RE: Filled up today - Robert J 06:05:03 12/03/21 (0)

I'm filling up as I type this... - Ivan303 14:53:34 12/02/21 (6)

RE: I'm filling up as I type this... - Inmate51 19:53:38 12/02/21 (4)

RE: I'm filling up as I type this... - RV817 20:17:53 12/02/21 (3)

Subsidies - Inmate51 08:09:51 12/03/21 (1)

RE: Subsidies - RV817 10:07:56 12/03/21 (0)

:-) /n - Ivan303 05:50:04 12/03/21 (0)

RE: I'm filling up as I type this... - hcman 16:21:03 12/02/21 (0)

RE: Filled up today - RV817 14:05:37 12/02/21 (0)

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Subsidies - Inmate51 08:09:51 12/03/21 (1)

RE: Subsidies - RV817 10:07:56 12/03/21 (0)

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