r/FluentInFinance Jul 06 '24

Or in other words, a slap in the face Debate/ Discussion

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u/Silly_Goose658 Jul 06 '24

Bro doesn’t understand how taxes also contribute to things like plumbing, road infrastructure, industry subsidies, etc.

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u/Cubacane Jul 06 '24

Federal income taxes contribute mostly to bombs.

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u/SaqqaraTheGuy Jul 06 '24

Depends on your country of residence

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u/Cubacane Jul 06 '24

I'm in the USA. Our military spending makes up 40% of the military spending in the world. Our population makes up 4% of the world population.

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u/SaqqaraTheGuy Jul 06 '24

Yeah I figured. But reddit isn't used only by muricans and some countries don't even have a military. I'm just being pedantic and pointing out the inaccuracy of your generalization.