politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
How come everyones tax returns are not public? Would solve a lot of problems.
People's financials are private.
Why should you know what charities I donate to, how much I make in a year, whether I'm paying child support, whether my wages are being garnished, how many houses I own, etc?
Even setting aside the whole "none of that is ever your business unless there's a very good reason" bit, having someone's financials available like an open book is so rife with possibilities to abuse/discriminate I can't even begin to imagine all the ways it would be used in a negative fashion.
That's a load of bullshit. I can look up my neighbours taxes in 30 seconds where I live and it doesn't seem to hurt anyone. Americans are just fucking scared into submission by conmen and other parasites who don't want their frauds and tax evasion in the open.
I see, so you're assuming that the only difference between your unnamed non-US system, laws, tax code, and culture is that your tax info is publicly available? If it works for you, it must work for everyone, and Americans are just dumb? Got it. If only Americans had such wise and worldly problem solvers.
I can tell by your reply that your mind is already made up so whatever.