Also, charity doesn’t have a mandatory 30-45% cutout for defense spending that’s essentially a wealth transfer from the citizenry to Northrop Grumman, so maybe hesitate just a moment or two before singing the praises of taxation
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Replying to @wheatpond
depends at what government level you're doing the taxation. If the state of Washington had income taxes, that money would disproportionately go toward schools. https://www.ofm.wa.gov/budget/state-budgets/governor-jay-inslees-proposed-2017-19-budget/interactive-state-budget-governors-proposed-2017-19 …pic.twitter.com/aDWHvNHKSm
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which I might add.... the Washington state K-12 system was so poorly funded for years that the state's Supreme Court held the government in contempt until this year for so badly underfunding it. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-supreme-court-ends-100000-per-day-sanctions-against-state-in-mccleary-education-case/ …
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