r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Adis_Pen_and_Paper • 5h ago

go to your room Why?

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u/Adis_Pen_and_Paper 5h ago

The issue is that the taxes I'm paying currently are not being used properly. What guarantees that more taxes will be used better?

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u/Trick_Statistician13 4h ago

You vote for the right people and become more engaged civically to hold them accountable. 

Till then, if you don't pay for these problems to get fixed properly, they won't get fixed properly.

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u/Adis_Pen_and_Paper 4h ago

You vote for the right people and become more engaged civically to hold them accountable.

Ooh, how I wish that actually worked. Most politicians would end up like Marie Antoinette.

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u/Trick_Statistician13 4h ago

It does work. You've tried nothing and complained when it didn't get better.

Even your example fails to engage with the suggestion. 

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u/Adis_Pen_and_Paper 4h ago

Right.

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u/Trick_Statistician13 4h ago

Marie Antoinette was very famously held accountable for her actions by th e populous taking the government, and her head, into their own hands.

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u/Adis_Pen_and_Paper 4h ago

I know, that's why I brought her up.

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u/Trick_Statistician13 2h ago

My bad im tired and reading too quickly