We don’t even know where our tax money is going.

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    Coffee cups don’t really cost 1200 dollars.

    If you’re curious, look how government accounting works. It’s actually pretty interesting as it hides the cost of things.

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      What I’m curious about is how people can be concerned about out of control welfare spending and constantly complaining about taxes while the DoD is bleeding money like a Russian princess, and nobody seems to mind.

      Edit: well there you have it folks: ask a straight question, no actual answer. The military can piss money into the ocean for all anyone cares, but fuck Americans in need of assistance. They want to spend 5 million to build a new golf course at Andrews AFB (which already has 2) and it’s yawns all around but the minute a trans person wants to take a leak in peace it’s call the papers and wake the neighbors.

      I’m not even making the argument “well how can you spend money on bombs when Americans are going hungry”. I’m asking why doesn’t anybody care about this particular waste. It’s because nobody cares about this. I suspect the real answer is that as long as black and brown people don’t benefit, gubment waste is perfectly fine. God bless America.

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        Welfare is literally over half of our federal spending. Yeah, I wonder why that would recieve more attention than other topics

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          Entitlements and welfare are the majority of our budget and for the most part don’t provide much value for their cost.

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        Military spending is required by the constitution.

        Welfare spending is a waste of money and is not required by law.

        I get a benefit from the military spending and zero benefit for the welfare spending.