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aggiesal

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6. Prior to 1913, our country had no income tax ...
Sat May 3, 2025, 02:43 PM
May 2025

The government was supported by mostly tariffs and Tariffs were mostly paid for by the consumers which meant the average person. Oligarchs paid very little towards tariffs.

When the income tax was instituted in 1913 the Oligarchs tried to claim that it was unconstitutional and tried to repeal it ever since, because now they are being taxed.

From this, the Internal Revenue Service was created to collect our income taxes.
Mierda47 is trying to implement Tariffs to pay for government services and created the EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (ERS), and if we raise enough from tariffs, eliminate the IRS. That is his end goal.

Now, who do you think will benefit the most from eliminating the IRS & funding the government exclusively from the ERS? Oligarchs!

So every time you hear External Revenue Service or when Mierda47 says it, think oligarchs.

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Wont work. I tried before. drray23 May 2025 #1
Trump is helping the budget by raising taxes (tariffs) without calling them taxes. Norrrm May 2025 #2
Prior to 1913, our country had no income tax ... aggiesal May 2025 #6
Yes... and obviously it was not working or that system would have continued. Norrrm May 2025 #8
But Mierda47 thinks he's an Oligarch & believes he can make it work. ... aggiesal May 2025 #9
He is suffering from DENVERPOPS May 2025 #19
And corporate media continues to spread the myth Republicans are the fiscally responsible party. sop May 2025 #3
And the "Law and Order" party -- L to the O to the L!! OMGWTF May 2025 #11
MAGA idiots are impervious to facts JoseBalow May 2025 #4
If MAGAts could be reasoned with...... lastlib May 2025 #5
They are so brainwashed facts are beyond them. redstatebluegirl May 2025 #7
Democrats have been cleaning up Rethuglican messes since 1933. OMGWTF May 2025 #10
Fake news! Mountain Mule May 2025 #12
Trump voters aren't all Magats. So there's hope with the ones who aren't full-blown, but voted for him summer_in_TX May 2025 #15
I agree Mountain Mule May 2025 #16
Yes, and they are ones we can win over. summer_in_TX May 2025 #21
Alas, poor Aggiesal, they hath no mind to blow... Montauk6 May 2025 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author krkaufman May 2025 #14
They have two words for facts. Fake News. Ferrets are Cool May 2025 #17
We need to point out that multibillionaires' tax cuts cost FAR more every year. SleeplessinSoCal May 2025 #18
Needs to be on a billboard. yellow dahlia May 2025 #20
Republicans PRETEND to be "Fiscal Conservatives" Martin Eden May 2025 #22
YET the media has the Republican cult convinced that Republicans are "better for the economy." CousinIT May 2025 #23
Blow their what? Aristus May 2025 #24
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