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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFact: If you send money to ISIS, you are a terrorist financier
Also fact: Sending money to the outfit at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue which is normalizing hate, extremism, white supremacist conspiracy theories, and white nationalism is called paying your taxes.
Paying your taxes is financing terrorism.
Congress needs to control the purse strings and cut the White House off completely, they shouldn't even have money to pay to keep the lights on.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Sending money to Trump's re-election campaign makes you an asshole. It's ultrarich millionaires not paying their fair share that is the problem.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)And as long as the White House receives taxpayer money, it is irresponsible on the part of everyone.
Cut the White House off.
It is our responsibility and duty to pay our taxes as you state. Likewise if the OP wants Congress to act upon the WH budget he has a means to make his viewpoints known to his Congressional Representatives. They are just an email or phone call away.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)are just a phone call or email away. Let them know your views.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)I was proud to be contributing to the government in some way, now I'm financially contributing to this terrorism through it. It needs to stop.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)but they are there to represent their constituents, so it is yours to contact them with your concerns and suggestions. It may do zero good, but beyond that you have few options beyond the ballot box.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)I'm used to working with tight deadlines and under a lot of stress.
I don't do things that do zero good though. That's not how I roll. I've got horrible hypochondria which requires a high dosage of medication and relaxation techniques to keep under control, and so 2 things come from that... The specter of some horrible and debilitating disease over my head means I've made time precious, I'm multitasking as I'm replying to you and it's also left me with the idea that if I personally do something, it better get results, otherwise what's the point if I'm gone, right?
What else is on the table?
vlyons
(10,252 posts)It is our responsibility to elect representatives that will exercise due diligence and enact budgets that reflect our values.
watoos
(7,142 posts)who has the guts to cut military spending instead of increasing it every year, that's where our tax dollars are going. It's a name that a lot of people trash here, Tulsi Gabbard.