OrangeBlossomBaby |
08-31-2022 01:45 PM |
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Originally Posted by RICH1
(Post 2131862)
I just want to
Pay my fair share and not pay for Overinflated Administrative Salaries in the Marion School district…The Police and Fire department should not have to beg for dollars while a School Administrator who takes the whole summer off , gets paid to soak in the pool …
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I would've liked to know that my entire lifetime I was contributing taxes that didn't leave my state, to be sent to states that didn't pay enough and therefore got more to pay for social services. Like Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama - all those states with high poverty rates. My federal income taxes paid for their welfare, and I didn't get to benefit from even living in those states.
And yet - I also know that as a result of my money going to benefit those states, we have fewer people on welfare, fewer stupid uneducated people, fewer people spreading disease. It's still a problem, but a lot less than if they hadn't gotten that money at all.
So I'm at peace with it. I'm at peace with it because I'm not isolated, I don't consider myself to be someone who lives in a bubble. I consider myself a citizen of the United States, not just the Villages State or the Republican State or the Liberal State. The UNITED States. So if someone needs something, and it won't kill me to dish out another dime every year along with all my other fellow citizens, to help that person get food, clothing, shelter, education so that they can get a job and become self-supporting, then I'm happy to toss the dime in the pot.
That's what civilized people do, according to my grandmother, who helped my grandfather earn a small fortune, but expected her kids and grandkids to work, and to give back to our community to help the less fortunate.
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