Comment on IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts
naught101@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoHow would you fund federal services?
Seems to me the problem isn’t taxation, it’s the process for deciding how that government spending is distributed…
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
You can’t fix that problem. The fact that there is a big pile of money there means that greedy people will attempt to get their hands on it. No matter what. So the only way to fix that is to not have the big pile of money sitting there to begin with.
naught101@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
So… you think that: a) you can’t change the way government spends money, but b) you can change the way government receives money?
That’s an interesting world view.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Don’t give the government money at all.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Get off the internet, it was started because of government funding. Don’t drive on roads, government funding. Don’t use gas or a car, or helmets or drink water, or take any medicine. You can’t wear clothes you didn’t make yourself, don’t live in a house that was built to code. Forget gfic outlets. Electronics that meet safety regs? Get rid of them. You better not have an up to date Electrical box either. Food safety? More government overreach funded by taxes. Those wastages.