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Re:Google Joins Apple in Push for Tax Holiday by thematt on Sunday October 02, 2011 @02:36PM (#3063572)
Please stop promoting this nonsense that our current level of taxation is needed because of infrastructure needs. Transportation accounts for a measly 4% of the federal budget. Most of our tax dollars go towards military and paying for the old people in society, both of which are politically-charged budget items that politicians refuse to address.

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Re:Google Joins Apple in Push for Tax Holiday by lurker19 on Monday October 03, 2011 @06:57AM (#3065788)
Lowering taxes does not stop the military. Spending is one side, taxing is the other. Bills that run up must be paid, or war fought over them. The solution to overspending is to find a way to stop the spending.

Regarding old people, as a group they worked pretty hard to build the modern world and its conveniences and efficiencies that we enjoy, so I don't mind paying them dividends.

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