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Re:Why only 2% of Chinese pay any income tax by beginningguava on Monday December 03, 2018 @10:48AM (#18589609)
we should go back to that, the federal government is essentially cancer and money is the glucose that feeds it's constant growth.

The initial idea of small federal government with states rights was brilliant because people could vote with their feet. If you're a progressive who supports the right to abortion, legal weed, and government health care you could move to a state that supports those things and gladly pay that states higher income taxes to fund it.

In my mind that system is far superior to having the federal government shove laws down the states throats and prevents the divide between our citizens becoming so massive as we've seen over health care and taxes at the federal level.

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Re:Why only 2% of Chinese pay any income tax by GcVmvNhBsU on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:29PM (#18591443)
It’s always interesting when people think the initial idea of a strong state government and weak federal government was such a great idea, without acknowledging that the US existed under that regime for some time, realized it didn’t work well, and moved on. Those who don’t study history and all that.
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