What Are Taxes For? Common Myths

[HelenaHandbag]

It's a catch-22 situation. The federal government creates a bureaucracy that gets bigger and bigger even if there are other federal bureaucracies that are created to complete the same mission. The (hidden) unstated purpose of a government bureaucracy is to get bigger and get more funding. Social bureaucracies exist far beyond their original intent because politicians do not have the political courage to eliminate them. LBJ's failed "great society" was a monstrosity that tore Black families apart but it still creaks along today hurting more people than it helps. The two million seven hundred thousand federal workers are mostly drones who accomplish nothing for an eight hour day but surf porn on taxpayer funded computers. The competing "intelligence" agencies with secret budgets can't find a Russian terrorist in Boston and haven't got anything right since WW2 but politicians don't have the political courage to trim their budget.

Precisely.

But just stay frosty. All we need is for the perfect benevolent economic oracle and dictator, like Kimura, to come in and rescue the whole human race from itself.

 

[Rshermr]

It's a catch-22 situation. The federal government creates a bureaucracy that gets bigger and bigger even if there are other federal bureaucracies that are created to complete the same mission. The (hidden) unstated purpose of a government bureaucracy is to get bigger and get more funding. Social bureaucracies exist far beyond their original intent because politicians do not have the political courage to eliminate them. LBJ's failed "great society" was a monstrosity that tore Black families apart but it still creaks along today hurting more people than it helps. The two million seven hundred thousand federal workers are mostly drones who accomplish nothing for an eight hour day but surf porn on taxpayer funded computers. The competing "intelligence" agencies with secret budgets can't find a Russian terrorist in Boston and haven't got anything right since WW2 but politicians don't have the political courage to trim their budget.

Precisely.

But just stay frosty. All we need is for the perfect benevolent economic oracle and dictator, like Kimura, to come in and rescue the whole human race from itself.

Yup, but if he only rescues the whole human race, that will be of no help to you.

 

[Rshermr]

We pay taxes to support the shocking number of two million seven hundred thousand civilian federal employees.

The us population is:

Population, 2013 estimate : 316,128,839
USA QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

number of federal employees is:
How many federal employees are there?

1.9 million
The number of federal employees has neither dramatically increased nor decreased during the history of the United States, which gives it an aura of job security. There are currently 1.9 million people employed by the federal government.
Number of federal employees | Number Of | How Many

So, me boy, that would be less than 2/3 of 1 percent of the population. Can you please find something else to blather about????

 

[rightwinger]

We pay taxes to support the shocking number of two million seven hundred thousand civilian federal employees.

The us population is:

Population, 2013 estimate : 316,128,839
USA QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

number of federal employees is:
How many federal employees are there?

1.9 million
The number of federal employees has neither dramatically increased nor decreased during the history of the United States, which gives it an aura of job security. There are currently 1.9 million people employed by the federal government.
Number of federal employees | Number Of | How Many

So, me boy, that would be less than 2/3 of 1 percent of the population. Can you please find something else to blather about????

There are fewer federal employees than there were 50 years ago. Meanwhile, the population has almost doubled

 

[oldfart]

We pay taxes to support the shocking number of two million seven hundred thousand civilian federal employees.

The us population is:


number of federal employees is:
How many federal employees are there?

1.9 million
The number of federal employees has neither dramatically increased nor decreased during the history of the United States, which gives it an aura of job security. There are currently 1.9 million people employed by the federal government.
Number of federal employees | Number Of | How Many

So, me boy, that would be less than 2/3 of 1 percent of the population. Can you please find something else to blather about????

There are fewer federal employees than there were 50 years ago. Meanwhile, the population has almost doubled

How many federal employees 50 years ago were postal employees?

 

[rightwinger]

The us population is:


number of federal employees is:
How many federal employees are there?

So, me boy, that would be less than 2/3 of 1 percent of the population. Can you please find something else to blather about????

There are fewer federal employees than there were 50 years ago. Meanwhile, the population has almost doubled

How many federal employees 50 years ago were postal employees?

At least 62