Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
What is the plan for taxes? I get taxed when I make money, taxed when I buy something, and taxed if I sell something for more than I buy it for. Why are we not burning down the IRS as we speak. This is literally insane! And you're gonna take my house if I don't pay property tax! WTF!!!
That implies that taxes aren't taken via the end of a gun barrel.
Besides, •Military: Bloated and wasteful •Schools: Bloated and wasteful •Roads and streets: Bloated, wasteful, and corrupt •Parks: Probably the least overtly wasteful of your examples, but let's not pretend open spaces for people to relax is somehow strictly a governmental problem to solve. •Among other things: This right here qualifies for the vast majority of the budget, and is by far and away the most disgusting and corrupt uses of our tax dollars.
If you were to stop all the bloated, wasted, corrupt spending, you could very easily get by on a small fraction of the cash.
Implying that roads aren't selectively built and maintained for the benefit of politicians, using big Unions known for corruption and overrunning on both money and time
OK retard