This taxpayer GETS IT.
As this editor wraps up taxes (and throws up a few times looking at the gross amount of money the government takes from her family while idiots claim they should take more), this thread resonated on many, many levels.
It’s just a damn good read as well.
Take a look:
GP Been noodling over what pisses me off so much about paying taxes.
It's not just the money (though I pay an enormous amount).
It's more the attitude with which government and transfer payment recipients treat me.
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) April 30, 2021
It’s the attitude.
Perfect.
Keep going.
GP I don't expect plaudits or thank you notes or anything like that. Paying (reasonable and just) taxes is part of a citizen's duty.
I do expect not to be treated like a combination ATM and portable crapper.
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) April 30, 2021
Ding ding ding.
GP Government thinks it has an absolute right to income and wealth I personally have generated because reasons.
Recipients of "government" largesse don't give two f*cks about me, blame me for everything wrong in their lives, and scream that I'm not entitled to what I have.
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) April 30, 2021
OMG YES, THIS. Hearing from those who benefit from this editor paying higher taxes calling US evil, white supremacists, insurrectionists, greedy, privileged … it’s infuriating.
GP I'm getting sorely tested by the incessant harangues about high-earners and "one percenters."
F*ck you. F*ck you all. Without high earners and one-percenters, you wouldn't be able to fund even the meager portion of government vote-buying programs you administer.
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) April 30, 2021
*fist-pump*
GP "The top 1 percent paid a greater share of individual income taxes (38.5 percent) than the bottom 90 percent combined (29.9 percent)."
Maybe shut your damned word holes + be thankful for those providing you food, shelter, clothing, medical care, etc.https://t.co/tzYrEj7VNH.
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) April 30, 2021
*and more fist-pumping*
GP Look, I'll keep paying taxes. I don't like it. It's certainly not "fair" by any measure. But I'll keep paying.
Again, I don't need parades or plaudits.
All I ask is that you keep your gottdammed yaps shut about me, the one paying your way because you can't or won't.
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) April 30, 2021
Told you this thread kicked a*s.
You might want to read it again, just ‘cuz.
We did.
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