Defund the police? Let's defund the government.

That's a good point TotesNotSurt.

People have to be realistic here.

We need the police.

I was joking but yeah one day there will be an instance where some social worker or something gets killed and then I'm sure the cops will be blamed for that too.

Let's take all the money we save from defunding the Government, and give it back to taxpayers.

While I'm all for paying less taxes on a realistic level, taking away the money from the government won't really fix the problems, you'll just end up with more problems you'll have to complain about. You need to first fix the problem of our tax dollars being misused. Then you see how much money the government actually needs to run, both state and Federal, then you adjust taxes accordingly.

This will never happen though.

I think people would not have a problem with taxes if they were being used properly as you eluded too.

Some would as there's always going to be the "taxes are thievery!" types, while they happily take advantage of the services said taxes pay for. But the majority of people probably would not.

What's a realistic solution iyo?

I don't have one, it would require that we systematically vote in people who are not corruptible and with enough money, most anyone is.

Best we can hope for is the people are only marginal thieves.

Man that is depressing.

Originally posted by Robtard
I don't have one, it would require that we systematically vote in people who are not corruptible and with enough money, most anyone is.

Best we can hope for is the people are only marginal thieves.

I have hope in the form of Andrew Yang who I believe threw his hat in recently for mayor of NY.

What's his plan that you like?

Originally posted by snowdragon
I have hope in the form of Andrew Yang who I believe threw his hat in recently for mayor of NY.

Here in Canada our police ride horses instead of drive cars and they wear red jackets instead of bulletproof vests.

I don't think they need defunding.

Due South was awesome.

Originally posted by Trocity
Here in Canada our police ride horses instead of drive cars and they wear red jackets instead of bulletproof vests.

I don't think they need defunding.

Yeah, I do think that the overfunding and mismanagement of police is a much more American phenomenon.

Originally posted by wxyz
Canadas' national debt stands at almost a trillion dollars.

https://www.debtclock.ca/

About $26,000 per person.

Taxes are high.

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/frequently-asked-questions-individuals/canadian-income-tax-rates-individuals-current-previous-years.html

https://www.retailcouncil.org/resources/quick-facts/sales-tax-rates-by-province/

And the Government has a spending problem.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-deficit-debt-spending-pandemic-canada-1.5813479

It's time to defund the Government.

Based on this information, I pay about 20% in income taxes and then 13% on items that are HST eligible.

That's bs.

It's too much.

I work for my money, let me keep it.