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Originally Posted by Fuzz
First off, that's a dumb way to look at spending tax dollars. Second, what to do...oh I dunno, maybe fund our healthcare system so I don't have a 3 year wait to have an initial consultation with a specialist? Or not run out of ambulances, or have a 70 000 surgery backlog, or close down ER's and entire hospitals because they don't have staff, or have kids in trailers for hospice care because they have no space. Or, ####, I dunno, how about we just give it to billionaires instead and deride anyone who has other priorities for funding things and tell them to shut up and be happy.
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Most of those things are built off income tax. If your economy is struggling because nobody is investing money, then you need to do something to promote investment and create jobs, wealth, and higher income so you can tax those people and fund those programs appropriately.
Again, it's a bit of a game to attract investment. All that oil money isn't necessarily staying in town, but if you create opportunities for wealth generation, then maybe it does and you can reap the benefits long term.
It's not fair, I get it, but it's not like there's another path unless you're willing to go to a completely different economic system.