• jacaw@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The point seems to be less that poor people are making a poor choice, and more that his money is being used to facilitate that poor choice.

    People often have the idea that “it’s my money being taxed, why shouldn’t I have a say?” And I can at least sympathize with that.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      People often have the idea that “it’s my money being taxed, why shouldn’t I have a say?”

      Then why isn’t he complaining about the U.S. military-industrial complex rather than what a tiny percentage of the tax dollar is spent on?

      It seems to me that paying for killing brown people is a lot worse than paying for fudge rounds for fat Americans.