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Why? It's a perfectly fine comment on the topic of taxes.

There's no way it's a genuine comment from somebody that has given the topic enough of a passing thought to actually comment on it.

The sheer number of things everybody interacts with everyday that are very directly related to tax-funded government actions is immense, and very blatantly so.

Yet they lead with "what have taxes ever done for anybody?" It's not a genuine or honest comment.

To me it seems like a honest criticism on the inefficiency of government allocation of tax payer's money. There's nothing wrong with voicing your opinions that way.

I feel that people just don't like it if someone disagrees with "taxing the rich", and that's why it was flagged.

It struck me as highly dishonest. I have a hard time believing that anyone one seriously thinks 0.000000% of government spending benefits common people

Well we exist. That's a charitable phrasing even; government spending brings severely negative value to common people.

I don't mean to be curt, but if you really feel that way, nothing's stopping you from renouncing your US citizenship and moving to a developing country with vastly less government (and taxes) such as Afghanistan, the Central African Republican, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, etc. I personally enjoy the current arrangement I have where I pay taxes in exchange for (no offense to anyone) civilization & membership in the wealthiest country globally, but if you feel poorly served as-is no one's forcing you to live under your present government, so I don't quite understand the complaint

Yes, I did exactly that, but people shouldn't have to choose between leaving their home and not participating in killing innocent people around the world.

Right. As seen with the ability to get vaccines in the hands of everyone regardless of where they are in the country.

This is the one position on taxes I cannot believe is uttered in good faith.

There are many things people say about taxes I can agree with. There are many things people say about taxes that I disagree with, but I can understand their reasoning. There are even things people say about taxes that I disagree with, and I even suspect their purported reasoning is actually just post-hoc justification.

And then there's that statement. And I cannot fathom any way in which it is possible to honestly believe that without being utterly delusional, to a degree that makes me concerned the person is possibly incapable of caring for themselves. I can only conclude these people are most likely being intentionally disingenuous.

At least flat Earthers aren't continually confronted with blatantly obvious contradictions in virtually every aspect of their daily life.

You can't believe that some of us think governments generate negative value? Not sure what to say; can't really have a reasonable discussion with someone that refuses to believe your opinions are real.

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