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minus-squaredemonsword@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 days ago “You could double the taxes I pay, and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens. I promise you.” well, in the USA this is probably true, all the money would be diverted into more military spending or tax breaks for stupid filthy rich people
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agowhich is why we need tax money being spent on the communal level. not the federal level. it’s the fed gov that spends it on the military, it’s the municipality that spends it on schools.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThe US does, for schools, which deepens social inequality.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAlso, education is locally funded. So yeah, no shit your federal taxes aren’t going to go to a teacher in Queens you fucking chode
minus-squarewjrii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoFair enough, LOL. Just love that it’s “oh I pay TONS of taxes, but asking me to pay more in taxes won’t help anything.”
well, in the USA this is probably true, all the money would be diverted into more military spending or tax breaks for stupid filthy rich people
which is why we need tax money being spent on the communal level. not the federal level. it’s the fed gov that spends it on the military, it’s the municipality that spends it on schools.
The US does, for schools, which deepens social inequality.
Also, education is locally funded. So yeah, no shit your federal taxes aren’t going to go to a teacher in Queens you fucking chode
Fair enough, LOL. Just love that it’s “oh I pay TONS of taxes, but asking me to pay more in taxes won’t help anything.”