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  • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Here’s a quote I stumbled across a couple decades ago.

    I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.

    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      Here is a longer excerpt from the opinion by Holmes:1

      It is true, as indicated in the last cited case, that every exaction of money for an act is a discouragement to the extent of the payment required, but that which in its immediacy is a discouragement may be part of an encouragement when seen in its organic connection with the whole. Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, including the chance to insure.

    • MTZ@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 hours ago

      I enjoyed Civ 5 but I never played the other ones except the OG. I trust that 2 - 4 and any ones they have released since 5 are decent as well.

    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      I like the idea of paying taxes, I just hate that I’m paying a larger percentage of my “wealth” than someone whose net worth is several orders of magnitude more.

      The other side of that is when I see someone using a service that my tax dollars are paying for I feel pretty good.