Now you can check out exactly what your taxes pay for. Go to WhiteHouse.gov, enter in your payment for social security or other taxes and see the amount paid towards government organized services.
"Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society" -Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. We'd agree with that...SOMETIMES and in some amounts, right?
For example, how much are we willing to pay to make sure our country roads and city streets don't look like slums in countries that do not have good government services.
Do you think your taxes are worth what you are getting?
Is it worth it to subsidize garbage pick-up. It costs money to regulate, monitor, and enforce garbage and dumping laws.
How about monitoring air pollutants, researching clean-technology?
Do we get a good return on our taxes paid to prevent and investigate child abuse or elder abuse investigation, prosecution, foster care, or adoption services?
Lower taxes mean government services must be scaled back:
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fewer employees, older equipment, longer lines, less convenient locations, longer application approval processes, and more mistakes).
For most of us, we don't appreciate what our taxes buy until we no longer have that service.
Etc. Etc.
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