#taxes are scam

[awesomecooperlove]

BOOM! THE TAX REVOLT MANIFEST: HOW POLITICIANS TURNED YOU INTO A CASH COW & THE NEVER-ENDING LIST OF GOVERNMENT THEFT

AMERICA, YOU’RE BEING ROBBED! The government steals from you DAILY. Income, property, food, gas—TAXED. Even when you die, they TAKE MORE. Meanwhile, politicians sit in luxury while you struggle. It’s all a scam. How much longer will you let them bleed you dry?

They’ve created an invisible PRISON, where you work harder but keep LESS. A hundred years ago, America THRIVED. No national debt. A strong middle class. Families owned their land, their homes, their businesses. NOW? You are a financial hostage.

The list of taxes suffocating you grows by the day:

INCOME TAXES – Federal, state, social security, Medicare, unemployment. They take a chunk of EVERY paycheck.

PROPERTY TAXES – You “own” nothing. Even after paying off your house, you must KEEP PAYING.

FOOD & GOODS TAXES – The government jacks up prices on EVERYTHING—restaurants, groceries, liquor, cigarettes.

UTILITY TAXES – Water, gas, electricity, even your internet.

VEHICLE TAXES – Buying a car? Taxed. Owning a car? Taxed. Selling a car? Taxed AGAIN.

DEATH TAXES – You can’t even leave wealth for your family without the government TAKING a cut.

They tax your right to work, own property, drive, eat, drink, and even LIVE. And yet, America’s roads crumble, schools FAIL, and the national debt spirals out of control. WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? Into the pockets of corrupt politicians, government bureaucrats, and their elites.

A century ago, NONE of these taxes existed. America was FREE. Now, you are a SLAVE TO THE SYSTEM.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

🔥 SPREAD THE TRUTH. Make sure EVERYONE knows how they are being robbed.

🔥 VOTE FOR TAX REFORM. Stop electing weak politicians who let this happen.

🔥 DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. Hold the government responsible for this financial ENSLAVEMENT.

THIS IS WHY WE NEED TRUMP BACK.

Only Trump has the guts to crush this corrupt system. He cut taxes before. He will do it AGAIN. The elites FEAR him because he stands for YOU, the American worker.

STAND UP. FIGHT BACK. TAKE YOUR MONEY BACK.

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[prokopetz]

One of these days some enterprising con artist is going to make up a fake quirky little sci-fi movie, claim that it's been fully produced but Warner Bros. permanently shelved it for a tax writeoff, raise a couple million dollars in crowdfunding to "buy back the rights", then disappear off the face of the planet and take the money with them, and they'll 100% get away with it because really, who are we going to believe?

[robertreich]

Trump’s Tax Scam: Why Nothing Trickled Down 

The Trump tax cuts were a YUGE scam.

But this November we have a chance to end this trickle-down hoax once and for all.

Donald Trump’s biggest legislative achievement (if you want to even call it that) was the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The law permanently slashed corporate taxes and temporarily cut income tax rates mostly for rich individuals through the year 2025. The results were worse than I could have imagined.

Trump and his officials claimed the tax cuts would lead to corporations hiring more workers and would “very conservatively” lead to a $4,000 boost in household incomes.

What actually happened in the years since?

In AT&T’s case, the company saw its overall federal tax bill drop by 81%. It spent 31 times more on dividends and stock buybacks to enrich wealthy shareholders than it paid it in taxes. Meanwhile, it slashed over 40,000 jobs.

That was par for the course with Trump’s tax cuts.

Like AT&T, America’s biggest corporations didn’t use their tax savings to increase productivity or reward workers. Instead, they increased their stock buybacks and dividends.

Many of them, including AT&T, even ended up paying their executives more in some years than what they paid Uncle Sam.    

Those executives (along with other high earners) then got to keep more of their earnings because Trump’s tax cuts for individuals were heavily skewed toward the rich. The lowest earners? They got squat.

And many middle-income families saw their taxes go up.

And those supposed $4,000 raises, did you get one?

The bottom line is that Trump’s tax law fueled a massive transfer of wealth into the hands of the rich and powerful. Corporate profits have skyrocketed. U.S. billionaire wealth has more than DOUBLED since 2018.

The tax cuts have also added $2 trillion to the national debt so far, but that hasn’t stopped Trump and the so-called “party of fiscal responsibility” from doubling down on renewing them.

If Trump is reelected and Republicans take control of Congress, they’re planning to renew the expiring tax cuts for individuals that primarily benefited the rich. This would cost $4.6 trillion over the next decade, more than double the cost of the original tax cuts.

Trump has also threatened to lower the corporate tax rate even further from 21% to 15% — which would cost another $1 trillion.

It’s trickle-down economics on steroids.

All of this would cause the federal deficit and debt to soar — which Republicans will then use as an excuse to cut spending on government programs the rest of us rely on.

But the Democrats have their own tax plan. We can make it a reality this November. What would it do? Just the opposite of Trump’s tax plan.

ONE: It would increase taxes on wealthy individuals with incomes in excess of $400,000 a year, while cutting taxes for lower-income Americans.

TWO: It would make billionaires pay at least 25 percent of their incomes in taxes, still leaving them with plenty left over.

THREE: It would raise the corporate income tax to 28 percent, which is about what it was in 1990.

LASTLY, it would quadruple the tax on stock buybacks to get corporations to invest more of their earnings in workers’ wages and productivity instead of windfalls for investors.

So the real choice is between the Republicans’ plan to make the rich much richer, and the Democrats’ plan to make the rich pay their fair share and provide what Americans need.

Which do you want?

[benjaminallhope-fulltimemind]

There is no way to defend this at all, the stnadards set only allow for bibles specifically created by trump given that the bibles need to 'be bound in leather or leather like materials and contain founding government documents' which 99.9% of bibles do not have. Besides the issue of forcing bibles into schools this is a naked attempt to help Trump make money by making the state government buy his bibles in bulk which would really help him given he's facing lawsuits and a expensive presidential campaign. Trump has been and will always be a businessman first and foremost, that's we need to vote blue as he simply views being president as a means to hold onto and expand his power. Vote blue 💙💙💙 and save our American democracy from corporate and religious influences!!

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4916077-oklahoma-trump-bibles-schools-ryan-walters/

[biscuitfacegrey]

Jodie Foster and/or Scam Likely? Terrible parents but they do still spark joy

like father/uncle like son ig

[siphersaysstuff]

As we head into tax time, I just want to make sure everyone knows

ANYONE CONTACTING YOU VIA PHONE ABOUT UNPAID TAXES ARE SCAMMERS

IF THERE IS A GENUINE TAX PROBLEM, THE IRS WILL CONTACT YOU VIA CERTIFIED LETTER THROUGH THE MAIL, AND ONLY VIA CERTIFIED LETTER THROUGH THE MAIL

signed, a person who's gone through Tax Issues with the IRS in the past

[maeamian]

For the love of god, do not let anyone convince you that Jill Stein is a serious person or serious candidate.

[wannaliveattheholidayinn]

this may be an unpopular opinion, but i personally think that jeff and britta should've gotten married back in season 3 and just dealt with the consequences of that action for the rest of the show

[cosmicportal]

[taisy22]

Just hopped into the discord server to see the latest episode discussion and it just happened to be the perfect timing because Jimmy was active in the chat, thank u for your insights mr wong

[awesomecooperlove]

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[quixoticanarchy]

hey spotify this is not a genre of music?? this is not even a standard topic for music to cover. and if it was, it would not be represented by fucking outlaw country much less line dancing sdfghgf

[tlamodblog]

PSA: Do not support Banana Pie

He is asking for money to cover his due taxes, this means he is actively evading taxes because he begs for donations every year around this time and then DELETES ALL HIS POSTS WHEN HE GETS IT.

By my estimation a $9000 bill from his country's tax authority means he must be making around ~$60,000 or so income which he did not declare.

THIS IS A CRIME OR A SCAM

By law you cannot receive donations to cover your income tax because that donation will have to be taxed too. This is enforced by PayPal

Do not support Banana Pie, he did this EXACT THING, four years ago.

Proof that he has done this in the past here : https://tlamodblog.tumblr.com/post/621245712876879872/rant

Notice how his entire account gets scrubbed every year? Gee a wonder why

[leam1983]

"Assume" makes an ass out of U and me...

It's the dead of summer, which for me equals Sweaty Toes Season. It also means Foot Fungus Alert Season, too. Athlete's Foot loves me like Jerry Lee Lewis loved his cousin, and it's as creepy as it sounds.

So, I'm at the drugstore yesterday, after my shift, and notice that the only stock of clotrimazole left is in the "pink aisle", to uncharitably refer to women's health products. Seeing as the same thing that handles yeast infections absolutely chews through Athlete's Foot, I pick up a tube and drop by the counter. The kid at the register is maybe eighteen at best, and she gives me an odd look.

"Is there something wrong?" I ask.

She shrugs, trying to play off her surprise - and her slight disgust. "Nothing; it's just that you're sort of young to be using a walker - and that's women's stuff."

I smile with teeth. "I see. Well, the uncharitable answer to both questions would have to be 'Nunya', but I could also mention that there's no molecular difference between general antifungal and clotrimazole cream that's specifically marketed for the treatment of yeast infections. It's the same thing, just packaged in two different tubes - with the Pink Tax applying for the second one."

She blinks. "You're not a doctor, how do you know?"

I blink back. "How do you know I'm not a doctor? Should I look like Hugh Laurie and pack a cane instead of a walker?"

The poor kid is in the weeds. "So... You're a doctor?"

My smile widens. "No, actually. Now is the part where you ask me what Nunya is."

"What's Nunya?"

"Nunya Business. And I'll be paying with debit, thanks."

[shimmeringdungeon]

Serious Brain: you people really think that if Farmworld Finn was dead Jay and Little Destiny would look as put together as they do? That they'd be anywhere near As healthy as they clearly are if they were raising four kid as kids? You really think Finn Mertens Son would Abandon his orphaned siblings?

Joke Brain: Maybe Jay takes after grandpa Martin, we dont know him like that...