Treczoks@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Daughter's older rich boyfriend is throwing a big party & she wants us to pretend being richEnglish
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2 days agoThe words “Beverly Hillbillies” come to mind…
The words “Beverly Hillbillies” come to mind…
VAT is a sales tax, not an income tax.
If you haven’t noticed that a lot of things in your life are political, I feel sorry for your lack of grasp on reality. The taxes you pay are political. The laws you have to follow are political. Decisions on how your kids go to school are political. How you work (you payment, your job- and personal safety) - guess what, it’s political. If the CDC will protect you against the next pandemic, if the FDA will protect you against being poisoned - it is all political.
Tune out reality at your own risk. You should have paid attention to this ages ago.
It is available on YT. Quote, from memory: “They gave me 125 dollars for the swamp, but I’m not sure what kind. I know gold dollars and silver dollars, and even those newfangled paper dollars, but what is a mllion dollar?”