10-22-2018, 12:32 PM
"There are some states like Oregon where you wind up not having to pay taxes for lots of things."
Oregon doesn't have a sales tax, but they have an income tax and their property taxes are pretty painful. They also have really high excise taxes on a lot of thing. They are taxed plenty.
"But most people don't want to give $5 to the homeless, and even fewer yet want to when the destitute need it the most, during economic downturns. "
Unfortunately that is better for the homeless than giving the money to the government and "trusting" them not to spend it on bombing civilians somewhere thousands of miles away and promising to borrow enough money from China to create a worthwhile program for the homeless. Companies like Kraft and whoever makes Mt. Dew determine how SNAP benefits (food stamps) are distributed. SNAP stands for "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" but oddly enough, Red Bull qualifies for food stamp purchases because they changed their label from "Supplement Information" to "Nutritional Information". Yet is neither a supplement nor nutrition, however they have lobbyists who help direct that your tax money fill people's shopping carts with poison:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/well/...-soda.html
"The findings show that the No. 1 purchases by SNAP households are soft drinks, which accounted for 5 percent of the dollars they spent on food. The category of ‘sweetened beverages,’ which includes soft drinks, fruit juices, energy drinks and sweetened teas, accounted for almost 10 percent of the dollars they spent on food. “In this sense, SNAP is a multibillion-dollar taxpayer subsidy of the soda industry,” said Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. “It’s pretty shocking.”"
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Oregon doesn't have a sales tax, but they have an income tax and their property taxes are pretty painful. They also have really high excise taxes on a lot of thing. They are taxed plenty.
"But most people don't want to give $5 to the homeless, and even fewer yet want to when the destitute need it the most, during economic downturns. "
Unfortunately that is better for the homeless than giving the money to the government and "trusting" them not to spend it on bombing civilians somewhere thousands of miles away and promising to borrow enough money from China to create a worthwhile program for the homeless. Companies like Kraft and whoever makes Mt. Dew determine how SNAP benefits (food stamps) are distributed. SNAP stands for "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" but oddly enough, Red Bull qualifies for food stamp purchases because they changed their label from "Supplement Information" to "Nutritional Information". Yet is neither a supplement nor nutrition, however they have lobbyists who help direct that your tax money fill people's shopping carts with poison:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/well/...-soda.html
"The findings show that the No. 1 purchases by SNAP households are soft drinks, which accounted for 5 percent of the dollars they spent on food. The category of ‘sweetened beverages,’ which includes soft drinks, fruit juices, energy drinks and sweetened teas, accounted for almost 10 percent of the dollars they spent on food. “In this sense, SNAP is a multibillion-dollar taxpayer subsidy of the soda industry,” said Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. “It’s pretty shocking.”"
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