How is it possible that that US which provides little or no services to its citizens can have so much debt? Where did the money go?
— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) July 3, 2013
Yesterday Pacifica commented that that the core value of US citizenship is taxation.
Both Yahoos and Govt. officials agree that to the US of today the core value of US citizenship is taxation. http://t.co/6OUP7hRxgZ
— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) July 3, 2013
She is correct. But, in thinking about this I realized that the US provides little or no services to its citizens. Government debt is never okay. Governments must live within their means. But, at least other Western democracies provide better levels of health care, education, etc.
It appears to me that the U.S. government is using its citizens as “tax chattels” to finance its never ending wars. The effect of the wars is to make the U.S. and its citizens disliked the world over. So, the US government is using your money to make people NOT like you.
Your tax dollars at work.
I am interested in your comments on the following question:
Given that the core value of citizenship is taxation, what do U.S. citizens get for their money?
