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Re:Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record... by mapt on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @10:30AM (#49346145)
Is the local power structure not allowed to charge taxes? Would we rather bomb the whole place into rubble than allow them to feed the hungry?

Yes. The answer is yes.

See also: Welfare queens, a cartoon specter of a moral hazard, the opposition to which is so important we must simply end welfare.

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Re:Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record... by ericmay on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @10:41AM (#49346327)
> Is the local power structure not allowed to charge taxes?

Yes the local power structure is allowed to charge taxes, or taxes by other means.

> Would we rather bomb the whole place into rubble than allow them to feed the hungry?

Maybe we just don't do either and decide to do other things?

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