Take a second to think....
Take a second to think about taxation. How much money is the government taking in.
Lets look at this. The profits of the company that you work for are taxed. Your wage is taxed by federal, state, local, and sometimes county governments. This reduces the amount of money in your pocket. On top of that you are taxed for everything that you buy. You need gas for your car, it is taxed. Pack of smokes, taxed. Food on the table, taxed. Clothes on your back, taxed. You want to fly to visit relatives, taxed and fees. Everything is taxed. Your electric bill, your phone, your water....
And the fees. You want to build a house or add on a deck, you need a permit. You want to launch a boat into the river, you need a permit. Get a drivers liscense, there is a fee. Register you car. Own a car. Buy a car. You want to take a shit in the woods, you might be fined. Your property is taxed until the day you die. You cannot own anything outright in the United States. Even after you pay for your house, you have to pay property taxes for the rest of your life.
If you do not pay, you will be fined, penalized, humiliated, or imprisioned.
And we are free?
We work to buy things with Monopoly money that is of no real value.
Work, buy, consume, die.
That's the new American Dream!
It is insane.
A list of government agencies:
FBI
CIA
DOJ
IRS
SEC
FDA
DEA
ATF
TSA
DOJ
NSA
NASA
TREASURY
STATE DEPARTMENT
ARMY
NAVY
MARINES
AIR FORCE
NATIONAL GUARD
COAST GUARD
HOUSING AUTHORITIES
MUNICIPAL GOVERNEMENT
STATE GOVERNMENT
AOA
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
SECRET SERVICE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MINERAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
PENNDOT
ODOT
VDOT
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMISSION
PARDON ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
USPS
FUALL
OK, I made that last one up.
I could go on, and I'm sure that you can too.
I'm sure that some of these agencies do fine work, but damn.
Actually, here is a list:
I stumbled on this. Not sure if it is legit yet, although I suspect that it is. You be the judge and let me know. It sounds plausible.