• 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?