alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to PoliticsEnglish · 3 years agoDeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies [the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Energy, and the IRS] if elected presidentwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up152file-textcross-posted to: politics@kbin.social
arrow-up152external-linkDeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies [the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Energy, and the IRS] if elected presidentwww.nbcnews.comalyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to PoliticsEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@kbin.social
minus-squareangstylittlecatboy ( angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoIf the IRS gets eliminated the US is gone. Probably the Dept of Commerce and Energy too. And Education would be only a matter of time.
minus-squareWill Kaufman ( specwill@mastodon.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years ago@angstylittlecatboy @alyaza it’s bizarre how the tax dodgers don’t seem to understand the connection between taxes and the value of money.
minus-squareConsciousCode ( ConsciousCode@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years ago“Tragedy of the commons” + “diffusion of responsibility” + extreme individualism + right-libertarianism “taxation is theft”
If the IRS gets eliminated the US is gone. Probably the Dept of Commerce and Energy too. And Education would be only a matter of time.
@angstylittlecatboy @alyaza it’s bizarre how the tax dodgers don’t seem to understand the connection between taxes and the value of money.
“Tragedy of the commons” + “diffusion of responsibility” + extreme individualism + right-libertarianism “taxation is theft”