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ck4829

(35,077 posts)
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:20 AM Mar 2019

Fact: 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.

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Fact: If you send money to ISIS, you are a terrorist financier (Original Post) ck4829 Mar 2019 OP
No, paying taxes is your responsibility as a citizen vlyons Mar 2019 #1
And I would respond, responsibility is making sure that tax money is spent wisely ck4829 Mar 2019 #2
Agreed Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #3
And it's also our responsibility and duty to make sure our taxes don't become blood money, right? ck4829 Mar 2019 #4
Your Congressional Representatives Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #5
My Congressional Representative is a Republican, I'm sure they are OK with this blood money ck4829 Mar 2019 #6
They may be Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #7
"Few options", not "no options"? ck4829 Mar 2019 #10
Yes that is correct vlyons Mar 2019 #8
I can think of only one Democratic candidate, watoos Mar 2019 #9
Interesting. ck4829 Mar 2019 #11

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
1. No, paying taxes is your responsibility as a citizen
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:26 AM
Mar 2019

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)
2. And I would respond, responsibility is making sure that tax money is spent wisely
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:29 AM
Mar 2019

And as long as the White House receives taxpayer money, it is irresponsible on the part of everyone.

Cut the White House off.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. Agreed
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:36 AM
Mar 2019

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)
6. My Congressional Representative is a Republican, I'm sure they are OK with this blood money
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:42 AM
Mar 2019

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)
7. They may be
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:46 AM
Mar 2019

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)
10. "Few options", not "no options"?
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:01 PM
Mar 2019

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)
8. Yes that is correct
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:52 AM
Mar 2019

It is our responsibility to elect representatives that will exercise due diligence and enact budgets that reflect our values.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
9. I can think of only one Democratic candidate,
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:59 AM
Mar 2019

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.

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