Why do Americans put up with the lack of democracy, and quality and qualified representation in taxation?

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We allow our hard-earned money to be taxed to support things we don't believe in or support. We are force by our federal government to support Planned Parenthood's abortion-mills for instance. It does not matter that half of us are pro-life; we are still made to pay for abortions.

Also, why should our winnings such as Lottery, or what have you, be taxed by the federal government? The federal government has nothing to do with the luck, instincts, wisdom, knowledge, and personal initiative that we individually use to win something. Why do we let the federal government penalize and exploit our good future?

Furthermore, why do we allow the federal government to tax our personal investment activities? The federal government has nothing to do with, and does not participate in the personal investment research, the luck, instincts, wisdom, knowledge, time and effort, and personal initiative that we individually apply to be successful investors.

These approaches to over taxation are not positive reflections of a healthy democracy. They are reflective of exploitation, abuse of power, and self-consuming and self-destructive savage capitalism. I know a lot of money is required to run our government, but the government should be a more efficient and effective steward of our tax dollars. Payroll income taxes, sales taxes, and property taxes are enough to cover all government operational needs. The greed and wastefulness has to be eliminated.

If all of an individuals taxes are added together (sales, city, state, and federal) they add up to about 50% of our income. Another way of looking at this is—the government guarantees itself a 50% return on our invested (time and energy) labor. This is usury, and is immoral and unethical, yet we accept this as the wonderful working of the world’s best democracy. When in reality, we are only 50% better off than people in Red Communist China.

We Americans need to ask why and how well our tax dollars are being spent, and hold elected political leader accountable. Aborting babes is not tax dollars well spent, and $500 billion in an unnecessary Iraq War is not tax dollars well spent. The cost of wars of choice must be accurately calculated beforehand. It is extremely costly to bury 3,000 dead soldiers, to provide medical-care to 30,000 injured soldiers, to support their families for a lifetime, and for all the materials that are consumed in war.

Our government agencies (FBI, CIA, Arm Forces) are heavily weighed with white-male-supremacy, and their white-wing biases and bigotries. This has lead to government agencies that are dysfunctional, and are dangerous to national security as was brought to our attention by 9/11. Inter-agency communications were marginal at best, and intra-agency communications were close to non-existent. Our tax dollars were not, and are not well spent in and on these agencies. The answer to this problem is simple; implement multiculturalism and diversity across the board.

Middle-eastern countries, cultures, and radical groups have a point about the savagery of our capitalism, and the critical dysfunctional aspects of our democracy. The UK and USA has interfered with their sovereign governance, encroached on their lands, exploited the fractious nature of Middle-eastern cultures, manipulated cultural differences to pit them against each other, and coveted their natural resources for over 100 years. This is why they hate America, Americans, and the British.

This unfortunately is what we stand for, and is the essence of our misplaced patriotism.

Answer 1

right on!

Answer 2

I agree on some points....like why should I as taxpayer, who has no kids, dislikes kids and think people need to quit breeding like rabbits until they can afford their own damn kids, should I have to pay for public schools?
Some taxes are necessary, outlandish taxes are not.
And there you (generally speaking) go again with that white man bigotry babble quit pulling out the race card every time you don't like something. You want repression....go live in Darfur or the Middle East (if your a woman).
That may be where YOUR misplaced patriotism lies but please do not speak for me.....my patriotism lies with our Military and the Honor in which they have served and continue to serve this nation to protect us all and allow us too keep these freedoms and privileges.

Answer 3

i do no longer think of each and every physique likes the assumption of such heavy taxation, yet the two facets of the political side could paintings jointly on the priority to return up with an effectual reaction. i do no longer get exhilaration from putting my funds interior the pot to assist people kill unborn babies the two, or coach issues like large bang theory interior the college room..which I evaluate blasphemous babble, yet for the instantaneous destiny i actual do no longer see a answer. I hate to assert it, by way of fact I sound like a broken checklist, yet i'm no longer able to verify adequate cooperation interior the legislative branch to ever come to a answer, which i think is quite often by way of liberals turning non subjects into mountains!!!

Answer 4

Among the many reasons why Americans have left their democracy to decay is distractive consumerism; people spend much more of their lives as consumers than as engaged citizens. Read the great new book Delusional Democracy.

Answer 5

Wow, that is alot to take in. I agree that our Country has gotten alot of it's priorities mixed up. I think our President is a moron and our government is made up of mostly wealthy men, thinking they know whats best for the "average person". But with all that is wrong with our Country, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I think you may get some flack for your question, but that is one of the greatest things about our Country. The fact that you are able to say what you said and not get shot. =-)

Answer 6

**** Politics
**** Bush
**** Terrorists
**** Supporters of the Above.

Answer 7

The government has a multi-trillion dollar budget, a large standing army, and many nuclear warheads. I have a few thousand bucks and a kitchen knife. They win.