• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        “No taxation without representation” exception list (updated 2024):

        • Non-Citizen Residents
        • Residents of all coloniesterritories” (including DC)
        • Ex-Cons
        • Blacks
        • Children
        • Women
        • Non-Landowners
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            14 days ago

            Do our territories pay tax? It looks like they do… and they definitely have no representation (non-voting delegates, non-autonomy, the only thing they get is the ability to raise issues and vote on committees, and frankly that’s nothing.)

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          Right? Like, that’s your thing right? Stealing money from people? How does this part not excite you? Do you even realize that this is happening?

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        Voters are convinced they’re “stealing” benefits and politicians know the score. Yet another reason we’ll never meaningfully deal with immigration.