I have paid plenty in taxes. A huge portion of my earnings. Its not funny to be stolen from. Furthermore anyone who works and spends in this economy has paid for government supported military through inflation and deficit spending. We are all poorer for it. Are we better off for it though? Are we safer? I would say absolutely not.
We fought for the man next to us
This is a crazy reason for an entire nation to pay for a war. We are looking at massive inflation now due to the Ukraine war. That happens every time we go to war. Yet our borders are being overrun as we watch our country’s demise. Im not suggesting you were in control of those policies. I simply say that we paid for your career, and it was a bad deal for us.
Are you gainfully employed? I thought we just established you worked for the US military, fighting for the benefit of your fellow military cronies and not the interests of the American people. You failed in your most basic mission. Why am I retarded? Cuz Im the sucker that paid you?
LOL You don't even understand why you're retarded.
Maybe you should explain why Im retarded. Because Ive just made the case for why the US military is not worth the money. And all you can say is Im retarded. Not an argument.
I think we should shut down the Post Office and fire everyone of their employees. But at least they occassionally carry out their mission which is to deliver letters to me. If they were like the marines I supposed just deliver mail to each other!
I'm happily retired.
Are you collecting welfare? You get a military pension don’t you? Social Security?
Don’t you just hate the veterans? They want props for a job they chose. Fuck that. Also, the Ukraine hasn’t cost us hardly anything compared to the money we spend on countries they never talk about. Pakistan is one.
Well I dont hate veterans, but I we need to rethink showering them with glory, when they are not serving our interests. The military doesn’t make anything. And its a rare army that isn’t engaged in looting.
I dunno... If I was a real douche, I'd have pointed out that I pay more in taxes than he makes in a few years (statistically more than that, but that's giving them the benefit of doubt)- and that's with practicing tax avoidance and using an accountant.
Tax avoidance is perfectly legal - and a good thing to do.
Tax evasion is illegal - and you'll end up in prison, but probably a white-collar prison.
Anyhow, it's good to see you're still alive. I hope all is well for you and yours.
I don't generally participate much outside of the guitar sub. There are fewer sane people here than there were on Voat. They write paragraphs of gibberish, based on the misinformation they've chosen to believe, and feel smug that they've essentially shat their pants in public.
But the taxes you pay are out of taxes paid to you by someone who produces real wealth. Thats not what they military does. If you are not fulfilling your primary function (and youre not) then its just stealing. Its like claiming a welfare queen is doing something admirable because she pays sales tax out of money she didn’t earn. Legal is not moral. We have to return to behaviors that produce wealth for the economy.
I don’t really want to pick on you too much because youre not much more of an economic liability than the rest of us, on average. But I wanted to point out that we don’t owe you. I supported all those wars and I accepted their premises. We were tricked. They were not fought for us. Maybe thats too difficult for you to accept.
I respect the fighters, brainwashed as they were. Their hearts were in the right place, just not their heads. We all know how insidious and all-consuming the jew propaganda machine is. Something we should learn from if we're ever to gain power again.
Make the sub yourself baby killer The usmc hasn't been relevant or necessary for many decades Bunch of tools circle jerking each other on extreme camping trips Name one reason to give two fucks about any marine in the last 50 years Boomer faggots like you let the entire country be run into the ground by traitors while you took orders to do nothing about it
Yup... 1775 in Tun's Tavern is our founding. We're older than the United States.
Well, not 'we' anymore. I'm not all that gung-ho about it. I fulfilled my contracts. I'd say 'former Marine' but it annoys people who weren't actually Marines and it annoys people who like to think they're still enlisted.
I do like the Marine Corps birthday, however. It's a fine excuse to have a beer or two. Yeah, probably two of them.
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You're not fooling me.
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This is a crazy reason for an entire nation to pay for a war. We are looking at massive inflation now due to the Ukraine war. That happens every time we go to war. Yet our borders are being overrun as we watch our country’s demise. Im not suggesting you were in control of those policies. I simply say that we paid for your career, and it was a bad deal for us.
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Anyone gainfully employed wouldn't ask such a retarded question.
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And, no... I'm happily retired. I owned and sold my own company.
"Hurr durr... Post office employees should pay themselves!"
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Maybe you should explain why Im retarded. Because Ive just made the case for why the US military is not worth the money. And all you can say is Im retarded. Not an argument.
I think we should shut down the Post Office and fire everyone of their employees. But at least they occassionally carry out their mission which is to deliver letters to me. If they were like the marines I supposed just deliver mail to each other!
Are you collecting welfare? You get a military pension don’t you? Social Security?
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Fuck that.
Also, the Ukraine hasn’t cost us hardly anything compared to the money we spend on countries they never talk about.
Pakistan is one.
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Tax avoidance is perfectly legal - and a good thing to do.
Tax evasion is illegal - and you'll end up in prison, but probably a white-collar prison.
Anyhow, it's good to see you're still alive. I hope all is well for you and yours.
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Ah well...
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I don’t really want to pick on you too much because youre not much more of an economic liability than the rest of us, on average. But I wanted to point out that we don’t owe you. I supported all those wars and I accepted their premises. We were tricked. They were not fought for us. Maybe thats too difficult for you to accept.
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Well, no... Not me... I've not been enlisted for longer than many goats have been alive.
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The usmc hasn't been relevant or necessary for many decades
Bunch of tools circle jerking each other on extreme camping trips
Name one reason to give two fucks about any marine in the last 50 years
Boomer faggots like you let the entire country be run into the ground by traitors while you took orders to do nothing about it
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Well, not 'we' anymore. I'm not all that gung-ho about it. I fulfilled my contracts. I'd say 'former Marine' but it annoys people who weren't actually Marines and it annoys people who like to think they're still enlisted.
I do like the Marine Corps birthday, however. It's a fine excuse to have a beer or two. Yeah, probably two of them.