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Cake day: October 23rd, 2023

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  • In the United States there is federal corp tax taken from documented workers and paid to the national government (federal tax) by businesses. State tax is also taken the same way and paid to the state.

    This just income tax, but there are many other forms of taxes. Vehicle tax, gas tax, food tax, clothing tax, restaurant tax, etc. These all go to the state and vary in amount depending on the state.
    This is also why our prices don’t include tax. So apple/amazon can show a single price and your state tax gets tacked on at checkout.

    So this “undocumented Immigrants paid X in taxes” is them paying taxes on good but not income. Businesses can pay these people in cash under the table and not paying taxes or benefits for them.















  • First. I hope your family is OK.

    Second its total bullshit the medical insurance companies can just declare something isn’t needed (usually by a doctor on thier payroll). Then use that as a justification to decline coverage.

    This is supposedly a standard tactic for them too. Decline all big claims and see who fights it.

    That’s insanely immoral especially because anyone with a huge medical bill clearly has some shit going on and the last thing they need is the massive stress of a massive medical bill.

    We have movies and TV shows that poke at how bad our medical coverage is and we Americans just accept that the plot is acceptable.

    The ones that come to mind are:
    The Rainmaker kid dies of lung cancer because insurance declined treatment due to it being “experimental”.
    Breaking Bad yeah. Cooking meth to pay for cancer treatment





  • What is fracking?.
    Fracking — shorthand for hydraulic fracturing — is the process of extracting gas or oil deep underground using a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals to break up rock.

    Its definetly a controversial subject.

    I think it’s a hot issue for many working class citizens due to the results of creating more American jobs and lowering gas prices.

    On the other side of the issue is climate risks and feeding our reliance on fossil fuels.

    Edit:
    Yeah keep downvoting me without adding to the conversation. I haven’t said I was one way or the other. Just providing an article for education on the subject and speculating on why people are on both sides.

    To state my opinion. I’m against fracking. Against ICE vehicle subsidies (fuck these huge pick up trucks). Also for nuclear power.