#i gave a homeless man named travis some cash today

[mintybreakfast]

My issue here is not that some of my earned money goes to help poor people. I would do that voluntarily (and in fact, did that just today).

My issue here is that rich people are the ones who take my money while insisting that it's going to help the poor.

I already help the poor when I can. I don't need a-hole politicians taking a cut of my earnings with warm promises of it being used for good. I know directly where and who I handed my money to.

To the guy on a motorized cart who needed $2 to buy milk.

To the guy who was kicked out of his assisted living home because one of the residents stabbed and killed another resident, thereby deeming the entire complex a crime scene and leading to him being turned to the streets. There weren't enough facilities available to accommodate him. So now he's on the streets, homeless and being told that, in order to get govt assistance, he needs to develop a drug addiction, which he (rightfully) refuses to do.

So when the govt takes a portion of my paycheck 'prima facie' with reason given saying that it is for the betterment of society, forgive me for being doubtful.

I do use a portion of my earned money to help people, and I know it for a fact because I do it myself regularly.

I do NOT, however, know for a fact that rich a-holes from within the government will use that appropriated money to better my community and those within it that continue to struggle.

According to the very image presented, an inordinately justifiable amount of money collected from our paychecks is going to cushion large corporation's interests.

So, the issue you truly have is not what I choose to do with my own money. But rather, with how the government chooses how that confiscated money is allocated. Is this an accurate summary?