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Originally Posted by Locke
I hate to labour on this point, but as someone who specializes in taxation I find it really needs to be emphasized.
I deal with people from all walks of life, from low-income to Corporate Board Directors.
Most of them do not have a problem with paying their taxes. Until they turn on the news and see their Government wasting it.
And then they think: "I could do better. Why give that money to these clowns?"
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But what is wasted money. For me it would definitely be allowing oil and gas companies the ability to not pay their municipal taxes and giving churches tax exempt status. For others it is probably something different. People who say they don’t mind paying their taxes but get grumpy when it is “wasted” are just folks who don’t like paying taxes and then pick some pet project that they deem as “wasteful”