Actually, taxes don't pay for anything at the Federal level. Please look into Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). It will help you to get your thinking straight.
We have been "paying" for all of the establishment's stupid wars with the income inequality and the lack of human services in this country since Vietnam ended, or approximately when Reagan took off 50 years ago.
A Polish person I know (as in "as far from a knee-jerk supporter of Russia as one can get") commented that the United States could do well, if it stopped trying to be global hegemon.
Well, that's what we hippies and the student activists were saying in the 60s. The difference between us was that we hipppies believed in not cooperating with the system in any way (or as much as we could: no driver's license, no bank accounts, no voter registration - we were suspicious then of government spying - no conventional job with a paycheck, etc) and the student activists believed in fighting the system directly. We both knew then that hegemony would be the ultimate goal.
Now I see people calling for those of us who want change to form communities that build their own social structure of peace and I have to laugh to myself, because that's exactly what we hippies did. And we were laughed at then.
If you or Feral ever have a chance to read Prof. Michael Hudson's Super Imperialism, you'd soon realize Americans only pay with their health and lives, mostly of the poor so it's quite tolerable - even enjoyable to watch on the boob tube. The rich not only don't pay, but profit.
So who pays? Every nation that runs a trade surplus with the USA and so has to recirculate that money in to Federal Bonds. When their leaders try to get off the treadmill, USA usually kills them. This time China, Russia, and India may be too big to take out, we'll just have to wait and see.
Actually, taxes don't pay for anything at the Federal level. Please look into Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). It will help you to get your thinking straight.
Some truth to that, but we are still "paying" (indirectly) for Biden’s stupid war.
We have been "paying" for all of the establishment's stupid wars with the income inequality and the lack of human services in this country since Vietnam ended, or approximately when Reagan took off 50 years ago.
No argument there.
A Polish person I know (as in "as far from a knee-jerk supporter of Russia as one can get") commented that the United States could do well, if it stopped trying to be global hegemon.
Well, that's what we hippies and the student activists were saying in the 60s. The difference between us was that we hipppies believed in not cooperating with the system in any way (or as much as we could: no driver's license, no bank accounts, no voter registration - we were suspicious then of government spying - no conventional job with a paycheck, etc) and the student activists believed in fighting the system directly. We both knew then that hegemony would be the ultimate goal.
Now I see people calling for those of us who want change to form communities that build their own social structure of peace and I have to laugh to myself, because that's exactly what we hippies did. And we were laughed at then.
If you or Feral ever have a chance to read Prof. Michael Hudson's Super Imperialism, you'd soon realize Americans only pay with their health and lives, mostly of the poor so it's quite tolerable - even enjoyable to watch on the boob tube. The rich not only don't pay, but profit.
So who pays? Every nation that runs a trade surplus with the USA and so has to recirculate that money in to Federal Bonds. When their leaders try to get off the treadmill, USA usually kills them. This time China, Russia, and India may be too big to take out, we'll just have to wait and see.