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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

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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 Saturday OP

I am okay with paying taxes Bluestocking Saturday #1

Really? LuckyCharms Saturday #2

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

🤭 MerryBlooms Saturday #19

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

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

I guess we still do... LuckyCharms Saturday #5

Reasonable question. yellow dahlia Saturday #15

I never complain when I pay my taxes. SamKnause Saturday #4

I feel the same, but now... LuckyCharms Saturday #6

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

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

You are not alone. nt Prairie_Seagull Saturday #8

It is human ForgedCrank Saturday #9

Valid. LuckyCharms Saturday #11

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

I don't ForgedCrank Saturday #13

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

See My Reply To That Poster ProfessorGAC Saturday #17

A Bit Confusing ProfessorGAC Saturday #16

Thank you Lifeafter70 Saturday #18

All of ForgedCrank Saturday #20

Not All ProfessorGAC Saturday #21

Ok, you ForgedCrank Saturday #23

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

Hardly The Point ProfessorGAC Yesterday #36

Now I want my taxes to go to my state mainer Saturday #22

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

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

Lucky Charms dlilafae Yesterday #24

I like your statement: LuckyCharms Yesterday #25

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

+1. Well said. LuckyCharms Yesterday #30

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

That's the way I look at it too. Haggard Celine Yesterday #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 Yesterday #29

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

Age Old Dilemma OC375 Yesterday #33