cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoWhen Xfinity has an outage, I don’t pay for those days. The government’s been shut down for 39 days so can I pay 39 days less in taxes?message-squaremessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down115
arrow-up1294arrow-down1message-squareWhen Xfinity has an outage, I don’t pay for those days. The government’s been shut down for 39 days so can I pay 39 days less in taxes?cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 hours agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours ago But what non-dysfunctional government that doesn’t behave like it is a subscription service shuts down regularly? A well-functioning government never shuts down, let alone regularly. That doesn’t mean that the people should forgo their contribution to shared civilization, though. The current kakistocracy misappropriating funds doesn’t mean that the parts of the government they haven’t ruined doesn’t need tax revenue.
A well-functioning government never shuts down, let alone regularly.
That doesn’t mean that the people should forgo their contribution to shared civilization, though.
The current kakistocracy misappropriating funds doesn’t mean that the parts of the government they haven’t ruined doesn’t need tax revenue.