(09-22-2017, 11:01 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(09-20-2017, 11:54 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Here, people are pay taxes while we see our roads and bridges deteriorate. People are working two jobs, neither of which provide health insurance and they watch all their income go towards doctor bills, student loans and daycare. Is that a good thing? I think not! In Socialist Democracies they see where their tax dollars go. Here, you just pay your money so we can protect other nations. At least that's where I'm assuming the tax dollars go, because we certainly aren't seeing any benefits. Norway and Denmark have been voted the happiest countries on Earth and both are Socialist Democracies. They don't mind paying a little more taxes as long as they see tangible benefits from their tax dollars ala healthcare, education, daycare and infrastructure repair. Those things are not free. People's tax dollars pay for them.

As I said in my previous post, this country was not built as a socialist nation. We are 200+ years into being a country and no one alive now will ever see it become a prosperous socialist country in the US.. I mean, we can't even get past racism, and it's 2017. How on earth do you think the entire system on which this country was built is going to change? 

I don't like how our tax dollars are wasted either, but the problem isn't a tax problem, it's a people problem, meaning all the charlatans we put into office and the special interest groups, lobbyists and corporations are the problem.