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In reply to the discussion: America: We have a REVENUE Problem. Austerity? BULLSHIT. [View all]felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)does not change the ratios or formulas used to compare tax rates. If anything a higher population should result in more money spent on an overburdened infrastructure, job creation, affordable schools and public programs instead of LESS.
The formula has been changed shunting money away from what America needs to function as a country and off to the rich and military conquering and robbing resources overseas. That has become obvious, and no word parsing can change what people are experiencing and seeing in everyday life.
We have gone beyond debating THAT this robbery exists nationwide and worldwide, the longer nothing is done, more people die and more pissed off people are going to get. Bernie Sanders is offering a way out of an upcoming inevitable collapse of this system--it is on the way out even pretending to be a democracy and will soon convert to a very harsh and unforgiving authoritarian system that will not tolerate any feedback from the people. We are almost there and more and more people can see it coming, and as is human nature there are those who side with the most powerful.
The Pentagon Papers obliterates any claims that there is not enough money to pay for public services or pay employees FOREVER.
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