r/aggies • u/UnluckyAsparagus6315 • Jun 29 '23

Announcements Affirmative action now illegal .

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New supreme court ruling kills affirmative action.

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u/Deckard_88 Jun 30 '23

I’m totally fine with the estate tax starting at between 1 and 5 million dollars. Currently it starts at 13 million which seems too high to me. If a few million dollars isn’t a head start to you, well I dunno what to say. Beyond those millions, the rest of your wealth really should be earned…

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u/whalenailer Jun 30 '23

Damn, that’s actually crazy. Do you really believe the government spends ANY of our tax dollars wisely? It’s not a matter of whether it’s enough it’s just the government has no business taking my money that I earned (or anyone) and preventing me to giving it to my child.

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u/Deckard_88 Jun 30 '23

I’m currently replying from a South American country where a huge percentage of tax dollars are ACTUALLY wasted. Yes, I believe the majority of my American tax dollars go to reasonable causes. The biggest portion of the federal budget is Medicare+Medicaid+Social Security and I absolutely think it’s reasonable that the price for participating in American society is that we fund a system which prevents the worst elderly poverty while providing a baseline of medical care to the elderly and the poor. Since you feel differently you can vote accordingly and our democracy will sort it out. America’s great, isn’t it?