Comment on Governments are like parents who say, "Do as I say, not as I do"

• Prove_your_argument@piefed.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s to keep money flowing to the people sponsoring the politicans to keep them in power. It’s one big circlejerk.

  Why do you think we have all these private prisons in the south? It isn’t helping crime rates… it’s getting the owners paid… and since they’re mostly black and brown people the locals LOVE it. Tough on crime… so long as it’s not wealthy people crime.

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Tell me you know nothing about economics without telling me you know nothing about economics.

    Taxes are an anti-inflationary measure that are implemented at the end of the federal governmental fiscal year. Where they get implemented is where politics comes in, but taxes are just money that is collected and deleted. We literally used to burn the collected currency, but since most of our currency these days is digital, we just zero out a line in the federal government’s accounting ledger.

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    • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Um, do you have any sources for that? Wikipedia says it’s illegal to burn money in the US under Article 18/333.

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      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s illegal for citizens to do, not the FED

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