If you’re a conservative who hates taxes, please do the following.
1. Do not use Medicare.
2. Do not use Social Security
3. Do not become a member of the US military, who are paid with tax dollars.
4. Do not ask the National Guard to help you after a disaster.
5. Do not call 911 when you get hurt, or need the police, or your home is on fire.
6. Do not call the police to stop intruders in your home.
7. Do not summon the fire department to save your burning home.
8. Do not drive on any paved road, highway, and interstate or drive on any bridge.
9. Do not use public restrooms.
10. Do not send your kids to public schools.
11. Do not put your trash out for city garbage collectors.
12. Do not live in areas with clean air.
13. Do not drink clean water.
14. Do not visit National Parks or State Park or City Park.
15. Do not visit public museums, zoos, and monuments.
16. Do not eat or use FDA inspected food and medicines.
17. Do not bring your kids to public playgrounds.
18. Do not walk or run on sidewalks.
19. Do not use public recreational facilities such as basketball, baseball diamonds, soccer fields, and tennis courts.
20. Do not seek shelter facilities or food in soup kitchens when you are homeless and hungry. Even religious charities receive tax dollars to help provide their care.
21. Do not apply for educational or job training assistance when you lose your job.
22. Do not apply for food stamps when you can’t feed your children.
23. Do not use the judiciary system for any reason. You must use private arbitration.
24. Do not ask for a public defender attorney when you are arrested and do not ask for one to be assigned to you by the court.
25. Do not apply for any Pell Grants.
26. Do not use cures that were discovered by labs using federal dollars, NIH.
27. Do not fly on federally regulated airplanes.
28. Do not use any product that can trace its development back to NASA.
29. Do not watch the weather report on TV provided by the National Weather Service.
30. Do not listen to severe weather warnings from the National Weather Service.
31. Do not listen to tsunami, hurricane, or earthquake alert systems.
32. Do not apply for federal housing.
33. Do not use the internet, which was developed by the military.
34. Do not swim in clean rivers.
35. Do not allow your child to eat school lunches or breakfasts.
36. Do not ask for FEMA assistance when everything you own gets wiped out by disaster.
37. Do not ask the military to defend your life and home in the event of a foreign invasion.
38. Do not use your cell phone or home telephone, as the use and RF is regulated by the government so that your phones work in every state and city.
39. Do not buy firearms that wouldn’t have been developed without the support of the US Government and military. That includes most of them.
40. Do not eat USDA inspected produce and meat.
41. Do not apply for government grants to start your own business, NO SBA loans.
42. Do not apply to win a government contract.
43. Do not buy any vehicle that has been inspected by government safety agencies.
44. Do not buy any product that is protected from poisons, toxins, etc…by the Consumer Protection Agency.
45. Do not save your money in a bank that is FDIC insured.
46. Do not use Veterans benefits or military health care.
47. Do not use the G.I. Bill to go to college or buy a home.
48. Do not apply for unemployment benefits.
49. Do not use any electricity from companies regulated by the Department of Energy.
50. Do not live in homes that are built to code.
51. Do not run for public office. Politicians are paid with taxpayer dollars.
52. Do not ask for help from the FBI, S.W.A.T, the bomb squad, Homeland Security, State troopers, etc…
53. Do not apply for any government job whatsoever, as all state and federal employees are paid with tax dollars.
54. Do not use public libraries.
55. Do not use the US Postal Service, government owned.
56. Do not visit the National Archives.
57. Do not visit government building of any kind, i.e. capitals, DMV, City Halls, Police Departments, or Fire Stations.
58. Do not use airports that are secured by the federal government, as well as built and paid for with local and federal tax money.
59. Do not apply for loans from any bank that is FDIC insured or FHA insured.
60. Do not ask the government to help you clean up after a tornado.
61. Do not ask the Department of Agriculture to provide a subsidy to help you run your farm.
62. Do not take walks or camp in National Forests.
63. Do not ask for taxpayer dollars for your oil company.
64. Do not ask the federal government to bail your company out during recessions.
65. Do not seek medical care from places that use federal dollars, that is almost all of them and nearly every doctor.
66. Do not use Medicaid.
67. Do not use WIC.
68. Do not use electricity generated by Hoover Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, McNary Dam,John Day Dam,The Dalles Dam,Bonneville Dam,Chief Joseph Dam,and hundred more.
69. Do not use electricity or any service provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
70. Do not ask the Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild levees when they break.
71. Do not let the Coast Guard save you from drowning when your boat capsizes at sea.
72. Do not ask the government to help evacuate you when all hell breaks loose in the country you are in.
73. Do not visit historic landmarks.
74. Do not visit fisheries.
75. Do not go looking for animals that are federally protected because of the Endangered Species List.
76. Do not expect plows to clear roads of snow and ice so your kids can go to school and so you can get to work.
77. Do not hunt or camp on federal land.
78. Do not work anywhere that has a safe workplace because of government regulations.
79. Do not use public transportation.
80. Do not drink water from public water fountains.
81. Do not whine when someone copies your work and sells it as their own. Government enforces copyright laws.
82. Do not expect to own your home, car, or boat. Government organizes and keeps all titles. Without them, tiles have no worth.
83. Do not expect convicted felons to remain off the streets. Prisons are built and operated with federal and state taxes.
84. Do not eat in restaurants that are regulated by food quality and safety standards. Local health departments are paid for by tax dollars.
85. Do not seek help from the US Embassy if you need assistance in a foreign nation.
86. Do not apply for a passport to travel outside of the United States.
87. Do not apply for a patent when you invent something.
88. Do not adopt a child through your local, state, or federal governments.
89. Do not use elevators that have been inspected by federal or state safety regulators.
89. Do not use any resource that was discovered by the USGS.
90. Do not ask for energy assistance from the government.
91. Do not move to any other developed nation, because the taxes are much higher.
92. Do not go to a beach that is kept clean by the state.
93. Do not use money printed by the US Treasury.
94. Do not complain when millions more illegal immigrants cross the border because there are no more border patrol agents.
95. Do not attend a state university or college.
96. Do not see any doctor that is licensed through the state.
97. Do not use any water from municipal water systems.
98. Do not complain when diseases and viruses, that were once fought around the globe by the US government and CDC, reach your house.
99. Do not work for any company that is required to pay its workers a livable wage, provide them sick days, vacation days, and benefits.
100. Do not expect to be able to vote on election days. Government provides voting booths, election day officials, and voting machines which are paid for with taxes.
101. Do not ride trains. Most of the railroad was built with government financial assistance and repaired with government assistance.
102. Do not use your GPS navigation in your car, private airplane or on your cell phone or touchpad as the satellites are operated by and paid for by tax money.
103. Do not go on a cruise ship, because they use the government GPS system to navigate and are inspected for safety by the Coast Guard.
104. Do not fly on a commercial airline, as they also use the government GPS system to navigate and inspected for safety by the FAA and NTSB.
105. Do not purchase any item that was transported by commercial ships, as they use the governments GPS system to navigate and government ports to load and unload goods and inspected by the Coast Guard.
106. Do not purchase products shipped on the tax payer - public highways, freeways, and streets on commercial carrier trucks and are inspected by federal and state agencies.
107. Do not go to a convention or symposium held at a public financed convention center.
108. Do not go to a sports event at a stadium that was in total or in part paid for with tax money.
109. Do not get angry if you neighbor starts to run an auto repair business next door and has cars all over the place, in the street and on your lawn, because there is no government to stop them.
110. Do not go to a play or other entertainment at a government supported theater, amphitheater, or stadium.
111. Do not expect to be buried if you are out of work and poor.
112. Do not purchase flood insurance, since it is issued by and guaranteed by tax dollars.
113. Do not use your boat on any reservoir created by tax money or lake on public land.
114. Do not graze your cattle on public land at very little cost.
115. Do not use oil, coal or natural gas obtained from public land.
116. Do not use earthquake fault maps when buying a home or commercial property, since these are created with tax money by the USGS.
117. Do not expect to be warned of the potential of a volcano is ready to explode near your home.
118. Do not expect the communications and TV satellites to remain in position and functional, since they are controlled by multiple government and tax payer agencies.
119. Do not expect to sue someone for any reason, as the courts are tax payer funded.
120. Do not get angry when the high rise building you are in falls down because no one inspected the plans, contractor, and construction quality.
The fact is, we pay for the lifestyle we expect. Without taxes, our lifestyles would be totally different and much harder. America would be a third world country. The less we pay, the less we get in return. Americans pay less taxes today since 1958 and is ranked 32nd out of 34 of the top tax paying countries. Chile and Mexico are 33rd and 34th.
The Republicans are lying when they say that we pay the highest taxes in the world and are only attacking taxes to reward corporations and the wealthy and to weaken our infrastructure and way of life. So next time you object to paying taxes or fight to abolish taxes for corporations and the wealthy, keep this quote in mind…
“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
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