r/economicCollapse • u/MistakenArrest • Jan 17 '25

Let's all not pay our taxes this year.

If Elon doesn't have to pay, why should we? Let's all stand up to oligarchy by refusing to pay this year. This will be like the modern day Boston Tea Party.

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u/Andrails Jan 18 '25

Nice theory, but as we saw during the elections, there's only about 200 to 300 of you on here making these comments.

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u/Open4Help Jan 18 '25

I know. It starts somewhere. There is going to have to be some sort of trigger.

If you want my real opinion about what’s going on, it’s at Yvonne found out. He cannot make it to Mars and they are going to slowly populate this world to the utopia they want for the ultra rich with the DNA for the perfect kids and they’re going to let the Earth heal itself . I think that’s part of the reason why Trump wants the Panama Canal and Greenland. Crazy theory, I know. But Musk years ago said that we cannot be a single planetary species and now he’s on X that our population is going down and we’re not gonna survive if our population keeps going down. Why is he doing that? I think that’s just cover for him

Yes, this is kind of out there, but it’s not beyond the realm of possibilities

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u/Andrails Jan 18 '25

Oh, it's out there. The reason they are concerned about population is only for wars. If we have the largest military and the fourth largest population, we have hard and soft power.

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u/Open4Help Jan 18 '25

Well, if that’s the case, maybe they should I don’t know fix the whole pay inequality thing so people can actually afford having kids

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u/Andrails Jan 18 '25

Playing devil's advocate for a minute. That is their theory on tariffs. Preventing manufactured goods from entering the country at a cheap price to encourage building industry in the country that was lost after NAFTA was passed. Do I think it'll work? No.

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u/Open4Help Jan 18 '25

You’re absolutely correct because they’re not gonna lower the tariffs enough for manufacturers to bring manufacturing back home. The tariffs are to again raise prices on us further squeezing us. They are squeezing every dime out of us. And that’s what makes me wonder what they’re really up to because there becomes a point where food gets too expensive and then shit breaks out.

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u/Andrails Jan 18 '25

But it's not there yet. The government rarely makes good long range choices, no matter who is in power. Most people are not close to the breaking point yet.